Transcript Highlights:

• That mirrors federal law to the extent that if you want to transfer those education benefits to your
• dependents, it states that you can only transfer those benefits if you do 20 or more years of service

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, and then seated Dylan Travis as the new member from House District 35 after adopting the certification motion. The chamber also received several recognitions and presentations, including the Sand Springs Charles Page Sandites for winning the Class 6A football state championship, the Mustang Lady Broncos cheer team for their 2025 state title, and visiting scouting groups for Scout Day at the Capitol. House Resolution 1033, declaring February 18, 2026, Scout Day at the Oklahoma Capitol, was adopted without objection. Members then considered and advanced several bills, mostly on veterans, military, public administration, mental health, children, and agency transparency. House Bill 3043 would let the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs hire seasonal employees during peak periods; House Bill 3078 created a voluntary donation option for ODVA through license, registration, hunting/fishing, and tax forms; House Bill 3940 made extensive changes to National Guard law, including retention funding language, benefits, discipline, and related administrative provisions; House Bill 3257 expanded state disabled-veteran benefits for certain veterans harmed by negligent VA care; House Bill 3281 required agencies to publish guidance documents and note they do not have the force of law; House Bill 417 adopted a federal definition of family resource centers while adding faith-based organizations and workforce development; House Bill 4275 allowed case managers and peer support specialists to work for cities and counties without losing certification; and House Bill 4298 allowed DHS child-care rule changes to be communicated by mail or electronically. Most measures passed with little or no debate, and several were adopted by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Recorded votes included 97-0 for HB 3043 and HB 3078, 90-5 for HB 3940, 96-0 for HB 3257 and HB 3281, 94-0 for HB 417, 91-5 for HB 4275, and 95-0 for HB 4298. The House adjourned until Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

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• My question would be, would that manual still be effective after we pass this bill and we transfer over
• My question would be, would that manual still be effective after we pass this bill and we transfer over

Summary: The Housing, Agriculture, and Tourism Subcommittee heard five bills and reported all of them favorably. House Bill 827, by Rep. Anderson, would require online real estate listings to disclose estimated ad valorem taxes based on the listing price rather than the seller’s current taxes, to reduce surprise tax increases for homebuyers. The bill drew support from the Property Appraisers Association of Florida, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties, and passed unanimously after a technical amendment. House Bill 483, by Rep. Cobb, aimed to support Florida’s manufacturing sector by formally recognizing the chief manufacturing officer, creating a workforce development grant program, launching a voluntary promotional campaign for Florida-made products and manufacturing careers, and requiring biennial reporting. The bill received broad support from manufacturing, economic development, and business groups, was amended with technical cleanup language, and passed unanimously. House Bill 675, by Leader Driscoll, sought to expand affordable housing efforts by limiting Live Local Act incentives to affordable housing, extending affordability periods from 30 to 50 years, lowering the income cap for eligible units, and eliminating documentary stamp taxes for certain first-time homebuyers. After two amendments and supportive testimony from United Way Suncoast, the bill passed on a party-line style roll call with all members voting yes or excused. House Bill 495, by Rep. Albert, transferred golf course best management practices certification from the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services without changing the underlying BMP requirements. After an amendment clarified that all BMPs remain in place, the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association testified in support, and the bill passed unanimously. House Bill 1497, by Rep. Hunschofsky, revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by narrowing eligibility to lower-income associations, removing a coastal-only requirement, and tying grants to completion of opening protection for all common elements; two amendments further refined eligibility and grandfathered pending applications. The Community Associations Institute supported the measure, and it also passed unanimously. The committee ended with remarks about the prior night’s softball game and then adjourned.

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• THE STRATEGY THEIR STARTS ONLINE 113 TRANSFERRING $250 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND EACH
• VOTERS APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT AND THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Any additional tax on financial transactions, whether on transfer. securities or processing trades would
• proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits the legislature from imposing new taxes on the transfer

Bills: SB1211 , SB1574 , SB2774 , SB2873 , SB2900 , HJR4

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing, sales tax exemption, oil and gas, environmental impact, water reuse, justice, judicial council, centers of excellence, court operations, recognition program, franchise tax, retail trade, tax classification, business regulation, economic impact, SB 2873, Texas Tax Code, electronic filing, e-filing, tax reports

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• I look at it as a transfer of cost."
• I look at it as a transfer of cost.

Committee: House Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with Senate Bill 2267 on on-site wastewater systems. DEQ testified that the bill would make DEQ the sole agency responsible for developing statewide wastewater code and licensing installers, replace local public health unit codes, create enforcement authority and civil penalties, and provide a $99,500 general fund appropriation for implementation. Members discussed whether the bill and proposed amendments adequately protected existing functioning or nonconforming septic systems, and DEQ said it would compare the Senate amendment with the committee’s draft and return the next day with feedback. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2339, a wildfire mitigation plan bill, and adopted amendment 02001 with a change from “Shell” to “May” on one line. After amendment, the bill passed 9-3 on a do pass as amended vote, despite opposition from members who argued it created a utility carve-out, reduced liability exposure for utilities, and incentivized safety without requiring compliance. The companion study bill, Senate Bill 2340, on fire service operational response needs also received a do pass recommendation, and the committee later agreed it should be handled on the floor before the mitigation bill so the two measures could be explained together. The committee also approved Senate Bill 2210, a study bill on watershed boundaries, with members noting it would help inform ongoing work on related water legislation. Finally, Senate Bill 2325, dealing with ordinary high watermark determination, received a unanimous do not pass recommendation after members expressed concern that high-water-mark language is difficult to define and may be better addressed in a separate study or resolution. The committee adjourned after noting that DEQ would return the next day with proposed amendments and that work on Senate Bill 2276 would continue with interested parties.

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• IDENTIFIED THAT THEY REPORTED TO US SOME DISCREPANCIES AND BANK RECONCILIATION AND UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS
• TOOK A LOOK AT IT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY HAD CONTROL DEFICIENCIES THAT ENABLE AN EMPLOYEE TO TRANSFER

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But my point is it's the value of applying and transferring.
• But my point is it's the value of applying and transferring.
• </c><01:39:11.960><c> that</c> master, apply, and transfer that master, apply, and transfer that information
• That ability to apply and transfer. Um, the legislature foresaw that.
• That ability to apply<01:45:03.960><c> and</c><01:45:04.120><c> transfer.

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're often used for what I think are characterized as simple transfers amongst family members and
• amongst family members and transfers amongst family members and things<03:49:00.798><c> along</c><03
• Have you experienced in your office any instances of the surreptitious transfer of property?
• </c> uh uh surreptitous transfer of property? uh uh surreptitous transfer of property?
• Received the transfer deeds.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It doubles the amount of money from the real estate transfer tax that goes into the Affordable Housing
• It doubles the amount of money from the real estate transfer tax that goes into the Affordable Housing
• It doubles the amount of money from the real estate transfer tax that goes into the Affordable Housing
• It doubles the amount of money from the real estate transfer tax that goes into the Affordable Housing
• Okay, thank you. ...it's going to transfer $12.5 million from the charities to the state.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 530, a bill to increase funding for New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Fund. Representative Jessica Lontine, the sponsor, described the state’s housing crisis, citing high rents, low vacancy, and the lack of affordable units. She said the bill would double the annual transfer-tax deposit into the fund from $5 million to $10 million, and she later presented an amendment to hold the Education Trust Fund harmless by directing the housing-fund deposit from remaining revenue after that trust fund is funded. She also explained a prospective appropriation idea tied to a possible future sale of the Laconia State School property, with the goal of supporting community housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Much of the testimony focused on the shortage of accessible and supportive housing for people with disabilities and aging family caregivers. Lontine, Ben Saul of Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Lori McIntosh of Our Place NH, and Maddie Mandelbaum all described the difficulty families face in planning for adult children with disabilities as parents age or die. They emphasized that many people need not only affordable housing but accessible, supportive settings, and they argued that state investment would help nonprofit providers build such housing and prevent homelessness or inappropriate institutional placement. Several witnesses also noted that existing projects rely on capital funding and that operating revenues are limited because residents often depend on SSI and Medicaid. Committee members asked questions about the fiscal impact of the bill and amendment, including whether the proposal would shift money from the general fund or education trust fund and whether the Finance Committee should have final say over spending priorities. Lontine said she understood those concerns but argued that housing should be prioritized. Housing Action New Hampshire’s Tom Duroza also testified in support of the bill, saying the state’s housing shortage is driving record prices and vacancy rates below 1%, and that the Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged more than $500 million in private investment and helped build thousands of rental homes. He said his organization supported the underlying bill but had not yet reviewed the amendment. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• And meet those standards so they're all transferable, not just to our system but anywhere in the United
• so them. uh and and meet those standards so they're<00:04:22.079><c> all</c><00:04:22.320><c> transferable
• not just to our they're all transferable not just to our system<00:04:24.400><c> but</c><00:04:24.720
• Um, California found that students in the state who used intra-district transfers for enrollment transferred
• </c> transfers for enrollment um transferred transfers for enrollment um transferred for<02:21:23.520

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:52:36.440><c> of</c><00:52:36.720><c> responsibility</c><00:52:37.599><c> to</c> that transfer
• of responsibility to that transfer of responsibility to comply<00:52:39.319><c> with</c><00:52:40.319
• This measure exempts transfers of Hawaiian homelands from transfer restrictions for real property under
• </c> are two Provisions for our transfer are two Provisions for our transfer restrictions<01:35:01.119
• </c> relating to restrictions on the transfer relating to restrictions on the transfer of<02:44:24.680

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing, land use, and preservation bills. HB 1008 HD2 would require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to complete historic preservation determinations for state affordable housing projects within 90 days and create sensitivity-based review pathways. HHFDC, DLNR’s State Historic Preservation Division, and written testimony from DBEDT supported the bill as an expedited process for projects unlikely to affect significant historic resources. Members asked how the bill would define significant versus non-significant historic properties, how it would interact with Kapakai analysis, and whether burial councils had been consulted; SHPD said the bill would not replace Kapakai review and that burial councils had not been included. Written support also came from OHA, Hawaii Realtors, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce. HB 1093 would clarify the Hawaii Public Housing Authority’s powers relating to housing projects. HPHA supported the measure, saying it would align definitions with prior law and help deconcentrate poverty by allowing mixed-income rebuilding. The director also said the bill was increasingly urgent because of reported federal HUD priorities that could affect public housing and Section 8 funding. HB 1096 HD1 would repeal state low-income housing preferences for disabled veterans and spouses of deceased veterans, with HPHA saying federal veteran programs such as VASH are a better mechanism and that the state preference has not been used in years. HB 1411 would allow HHFDC projects to give sale or lease preferences to applicants who live or work within five miles of a project; HHFDC and the Hawaii Chapter of NAIOP supported it as a way to keep residents connected to their communities, while members raised constitutional concerns about broader local-preference policies. The committee also heard HB 367 HD1, which would create county permit exemptions for certain agricultural and maintenance activities. Written testimony included opposition from the Department of Planning and Permitting and support from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Grassroot Institute, and others. A public testifier opposed the bill, arguing that permit exemptions could worsen safety and compliance problems. Finally, HB 826 HD1 would allow county planning commissions, by special permit, to authorize residential housing in agricultural districts for agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or fee simple ownership under certain conditions. HHFDC supported it as a faster alternative to lengthy state land-use redistricting, but the Department of Agriculture, Land Use Commission, and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development raised concerns about food production impacts, due process, service provision, jurisdictional conflicts, and the use of special permits for what could amount to district boundary changes. Public testimony was mixed, with some support and some opposition. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• </c><00:41:14.560><c> of</c> fiscal year to support the transfer of fiscal year to support the transfer
• If somebody transfers from question..."
• "Transferring between sections like that is beyond my ability to answer.
• "Transferring between sections like that is beyond my ability to answer.
• </c> counting $250 million in a fund transfer counting $250 million in a fund transfer to<01:26:29.360

Keywords: Several minutes after the convene vote and before the introduction failed to properly steam. This version was pulled from a local back up., 958, all

Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control. Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation. Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.

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• And the bill also requires that when there is a transfer of property, that part of the paperwork that
• goes along with the transfer of property indicates the existence of an underground tank if there is
• </c><00:25:30.400><c> of</c><00:25:30.520><c> property</c> when there is a transfer of property when
• there is a transfer of property uh<00:25:32.080><c> that</c><00:25:32.720><c> part</c><00:25:33.040><
• </c><00:25:37.200><c> of</c> uh that goes along with the transfer of uh that goes along with the transfer

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It transfers the RISE Zone Program in the Build Our Future Grant Program from Commerce to MEDCO and also
• It<00:20:50.559><c> transfers</c><00:20:51.039><c> the</c><00:20:51.280><c> rise</c><00:20:51.760><c>
• zone</c><00:20:52.080><c> program</c><00:20:52.559><c> in</c> It transfers the rise zone program in
• Permits can last as long as a year, but installation might not occur at the same time of a transfer,
• Permits can last as long as a year, but installation might not occur at the same time as a transfer,

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• Uh, line 156, um, you know last year when we passed this bill it was to transfer control of our SAOs
• Uh, line 156, um, you know last year when we passed this bill it was to transfer control of our SAOs
• control of our SAOs to the transfer control of our SAOs to the local<00:59:06.880><c> districts.
• to districts on the will be transferred to districts on the same<00:59:41.359><c> schedule</c><00:59
• As of June 30th, as I stated earlier, control of our SAOs was transferred to the districts.

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Sections 15.03, subdivision 7, this deals with the transfer of state agency personnel and allows for
• Subdivision six, DHS/OAG transfer exception, including background studies... judge of the oah and the
• in the transfer collective bargaining agreements<00:15:58.120><c> preserved</c> agreements preserved
• <c> assets</c><00:16:01.600><c> and</c> subdivision 4 transfers assets and subdivision 4 transfers assets
• </c> oig uh subdivision 6 DHS oag transfer oig uh subdivision 6 DHS oag transfer exception<00:16:19.079

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Ferguson referred to, are really transferred and provided by the eight large health care systems.
• Ferguson referred to, are really transferred and provided by the eight large health care systems.
• Ferguson referred to, are really transferred and provided by the eight large health care systems.
• Ferguson referred to, are really transferred and provided by the eight large health care systems.
• </c><00:36:35.160><c> and</c> referred to are really transferred and referred to are really transferred

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• calls and data between one transfer calls and data between one another,<01:44:55.520><c> which</c><01
• For calls on the highway and interstates, that can include multiple additional transfers to Minnesota
• ,</c> incident often requires phone transfers, incident often requires phone transfers, follow-up,<01
• that can include<01:46:54.600><c> multiple</c><01:46:55.000><c> additional</c><01:46:55.520><c> transfers
• </c><01:46:56.200><c> to</c> include multiple additional transfers to include multiple additional transfers

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Amendment two broadens the bill to include a transfer of ownership before July 1, 2029.
• House Bill 1002, Nursing Facilities, Involuntary Discharge or Transfer.
• It establishes time requirements that apply to the discharge or transfer of a resident when a new notice
• </c><00:56:21.240><c> of</c><00:56:21.400><c> a</c> apply to the discharge or transfer of a apply to
• the discharge or transfer of a resident<00:56:22.040><c> when</c><00:56:22.200><c> a</c><00:56:22.280

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

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• a spirit of that expired statute is making sure that employees are held harmless as part of that transfer
• 01:30:45.840><c> authority</c><01:30:46.320><c> did</c><01:30:46.520><c> not</c><01:30:46.760><c> transfer
• </c><01:30:47.240><c> with</c> that authority did not transfer with that authority did not transfer with
• to DCT as part of the transferring to DCT as part of the separation<01:31:15.080><c> with</c><01:31:
• </c> part of that transfer. part of that transfer.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all