Transcript Highlights:

• I'm closing now. Members, Louisiana coast—sorry, I'm not closing. I want to just one last thing.
• Now I'm starting to close.
• We are on closing.
• Close. Close enough. It's been a struggle, man. I'm from southwest Louisiana.
• Representative Zeringue on closing. Thank you. Representative Zeringue on closing. And Mr.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

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• The purchase price is $5 million, and we expect to close in March.
• The medical subsidy, does the term 'close to benefit' mean this will end? Yes, it does.
• The medical subsidy, does the term 'close to benefit' mean this will end? Yes, it does.
• The medical subsidy, does the term 'close to benefit' mean this will end? Yes, it does.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held an orientation for new and returning members of the House committee on agencies and administration, with introductions from members and staff. Chair Carol Maguire outlined her expectations for hearings: keep questions focused on the bill, be respectful to witnesses, and use the committee’s orientation opportunities to learn about the jail staff, retirement system, and Office of Professional Licensure. Members also discussed related assignments on other bodies, including the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules and the Joint Committee on Employee Classification, and noted that some members already serve on those panels. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the State Building Code and the committee’s upcoming workload. Members explained how the state code is intended to provide a common baseline while allowing limited local options, and why municipalities must formally adopt and publish any local amendments. They reviewed several anticipated bills: a consolidation bill to gather building-code enforcement materials in one place, a bill to update the state energy code, a bill to restrict municipal adoption of building-code changes, and a bill to update the electrical code. Members also discussed how building codes apply to older homes and commercial buildings, and why code updates are important for safety and clarity. The chair said the committee had 36 bills currently scheduled, including many early bills that must move by March 6 because they will be heard by two committees. She said the committee would use subcommittees for harder bills, with three subcommittees this year: pensions, licensing, and likely state building code. She also outlined the hearing schedule, including lighter bills on February 12 and the expectation of executive sessions later in the month. No votes were taken during the orientation, but members were told that public hearings do not require a quorum and that hard copies of bills would be distributed by committee staff.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> &gt;&gt; think you got pretty close. &gt;&gt; think you got pretty close.
• We'll close the work session on 1474.
• </c> &gt;&gt; and a number of places have are closing &gt;&gt; and a number of places have are closing
• I'll close the work session on HB 1646.
• We need an amendment. and I'll close the executive session on and I'll close the executive session on

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I have filed this bill to close a very dangerous gap in the way the court handles those individuals
• I wanted to blame Sheriff Bowler and the staff for not performing their primary responsibility of care
• threats is the only evidence that a survivor has of the violence and abuse that has occurred behind closed
• In closing, professional intervention must be mandated with this bill at the first sign of any medical
• In closing, professional intervention must be mandated with this bill and at the first sign of any medical

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a wide range of criminal justice, victim services, and records-sealing bills. Early testimony focused on H.1811, the Clean Slate automated record-sealing bill, with supporters arguing that automatic sealing after existing waiting periods would remove barriers to jobs, housing, and education without changing eligibility rules. Advocates from legal aid, business, and housing organizations said the current petition-based system is underused, burdensome, and costly, while opponents of expanding surveillance-related laws urged the committee to preserve privacy protections. The committee also heard testimony on H.1693, which would immediately seal records in cases ending without conviction and clarify the presumption of innocence, with speakers describing how dismissed cases still create lasting collateral consequences and prevent people from moving forward. No votes were taken during the hearing. Several bills centered on victim safety and domestic violence. Senator Michael Moore testified for S.1201, which would keep child-protective orders in effect even if the parent or guardian who filed them dies, and for S.1204, which would update the wiretap statute. Multiple survivors and advocates supported S.1215 and S.1222, arguing for a narrow wiretap defense for recordings made to document threats or abuse and for making GPS tampering a separate felony offense. Testifiers described situations in which GPS devices were cut off or disabled and said current law leaves victims at risk and gives abusers too much leeway. The committee also heard emotional testimony on H.1685/S.1238, a bill prompted by the suicide of Stavri Yanka in custody, with the sponsor, his mother, and the sheriff describing the need for better information-sharing so suicide-risk information follows a person into custody. Law enforcement and prosecutors supported several due-process and dangerousness-related bills. MassCOP, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, and the State Police Association backed H.1828/S.1039/S.1235, which would require de novo Superior Court review for POST Commission suspensions over two weeks or decertifications, arguing officers need a meaningful appeal beyond administrative review. The committee also heard support for H.1691, expanding the dangerousness statute to additional offenses; Bristol County District Attorney Quinn said the changes would let prosecutors seek detention in serious cases such as child rape and manslaughter when facts warrant it. In contrast, the Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed expanding dangerousness detention, warning that pretrial detention causes serious harms and disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic defendants. The hearing also included testimony on H.1654/S.1063 to enhance victims’ rights and H.1525, which would rename and expand community corrections into community justice programs, with supporters emphasizing reentry, reduced stigma, and broader service access.

Transcript Highlights:

• I just want to close up and certainty.
• <00:35:19.599><c> um</c> primary um primary um recurring<00:35:22.000><c> brain</c><00:35:22.320><c>
• I hereby close the public hearing.
• See none, I close the public this bill? See none, I close the public hearing. hearing. hearing.
• Seeing none I close the bill?

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I call the first meeting of the 2025 House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education
• We thought about working together a little more closely.
• We thought about working together a little more closely.
• model hit that that close.
• model hit that that close.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development received a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials on the final SEEK estimate for fiscal year 2025. Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, Matt Ross, and Chay Ritter explained that SEEK is developed through a consensus process with the Office of the State Budget Director using multiple models and district-level inputs, and that the estimate is a projection made well before actual data are available. They emphasized that the discussion was separate from the pending education-funding lawsuit and described SEEK as one part of a much larger K-12 budget picture. The presenters said the current SEEK estimate shows a statutory shortfall of about $14.7 million, or roughly 0.53% of the appropriation, with additional optional items that could bring the total to about $40.5 million if funds are available. They noted that prior years have sometimes produced excess funds, which are redirected according to budget language rather than automatically flowing back through SEEK. They also reviewed the main drivers of the estimate, including property assessments, average daily attendance, free lunch counts, exceptional child counts, home hospital, and limited English proficiency, and said property assessments have been especially volatile while exceptional child counts and ELL populations are difficult to predict. Members asked about why the estimate missed on some categories, especially special education and ELL, and whether district-level changes were being monitored closely enough. The presenters said KDE does monitor special education counts and will review larger districts and districts with unusual growth, and they acknowledged that exceptional child growth has been hard to forecast. Representative Bojanowski asked about the Cloverport virtual school, and staff said its growth was much larger than projected and accounted for a significant portion of the shortfall. Members also discussed the impact of property value growth, population shifts, illness, and legislative changes on SEEK projections. No vote or formal action was taken, and the meeting ended after questions and discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• "I think I'll yield and close after." "Okay. Yeah, you will close on your amendment."
• </c> &gt;&gt; I think I'll yield and close after. &gt;&gt; I think I'll yield and close after.
• Yeah, you will close on your &gt;&gt; Okay.
• Yeah, you will close on your amendment. amendment. amendment.
• after he makes his Sparks and close after he makes his remarks. remarks. remarks.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 9 February, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So we've injected several hundreds of million, maybe close to a billion now over this multiple phases
• I think one of your presentations was $500,000, close to $600,000, for an affordable housing unit.
• I also want to note that we have been tracking the governor's reorganization plan closely.
• Did you have any closing remarks?
• Seeing none, we're now closing this segment of our panel hearing. Thank you both.

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability held its first hearing of 2025 to examine California’s housing finance system, with opening remarks emphasizing the state’s severe housing shortage, high costs, and the need for practical recommendations to the Legislature and Governor. Co-chairs described the committee as an educational and problem-solving forum focused on financing housing production, first-time homeownership, mixed-income developments, and affordability across the income spectrum. Witnesses from state agencies and the development sector were invited to explain how housing is financed and where the system is breaking down. Panelists from the California Housing Partnership, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, the Tax Credit Allocation Committee/State Treasurer’s Office, CalHFA, and Related outlined the “capital stack” used to finance affordable housing, stressing that projects typically rely on multiple public and private sources, including federal and state low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, state subsidies, local funds, and rental income. Speakers noted that affordable housing rents generally cannot support full project costs without public subsidy, and that recent federal changes—especially the expansion of the 4% and 9% tax credit programs and the reduction of the bond financing threshold for 4% credits—should allow California to finance substantially more units. CalHFA also described its homeownership programs, including My Home, Dream For All, and disaster-related mortgage assistance, as well as its multifamily lending and bond issuance programs. Several witnesses and committee members emphasized that the system remains too complex, too slow, and underfunded. They pointed to the need for more state funding, a housing bond, a permanent funding source, and better coordination among agencies, while also citing recent streamlining efforts such as AB 434’s SuperNOFA, AB 519’s one-stop-shop working group, and the planned California Housing and Homeless Agency reorganization. Members raised concerns about equity, access, missing-middle housing, gender and racial disparities, and whether current programs adequately serve extremely low-income households and those at risk of homelessness. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing; the discussion ended with committee members and witnesses agreeing that both funding and administrative reform are needed to increase production and improve affordability.

Transcript Highlights:

• So really, we are looking at efficient use of a tower-type footprint that can deliver close to 1,500
• So really, we are looking at efficient use of a tower-type footprint that can deliver close to 1,500
• </c><01:15:17.920><c> to</c><01:15:18.120><c> 15500</c> can deliver close to 15500 can deliver close
• </c> are scheduled to do their initial close are scheduled to do their initial close at<01:23:53.320>
• I think we're waiting for some guidance from EPA on closing the cesspool and converting that.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, all right, Representative Howard for closing remarks.
• House File 1854 is critical because it closes the loophole ensuring that tenants are not displaced after
• Back to Representative Hussein for some quick closing comments.
• All right, not seeing any closing comments. Vice Chair Kozlowski, thank you.
• </c><01:41:11.840><c> comments</c> right not seeing any um closing comments right not seeing any um closing

Bills: HF2296 , HF1566 , HF1854 , HF1385 , HF1142

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: landlord-tenant, victim confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, tenant privacy, housing law, eviction, unpaid rent, damages, release of information, shared database, protective order, victim of violence, Minnesota Statutes 504B.206, housing finance, civil law, autism, rental properties, reasonable accommodation

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. Mr.
• Speaker, I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. >> Gentleman is recognized to close.
• Speaker, I have no further speakers and am prepared to close. >> To close. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• I'm prepared to close. >> Gentleman is recognized to close. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• recognized to close.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• of the reliable living wage statuses would say in New Mexico, in Albuquerque, that wage should be close
• One of the primary ways they gain that is through these work-based learning experiences.
• We are in the close-up process with NTIA today.

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll proceed to testimony and allow you an opportunity to close.
• And you close? I close. Thank you, Chairman. House Bill 2584 will be left pending.
• We have closed already on witnesses, sir.
• Close to 285, near the border of Texas and New Mexico on the Texas side.
• With that, absent any questions from the panel, I will close.

Bills: HB48 , HB49 , HB 1169 , HB1971 , HB2584 , HB2663 , HB2890 , HB48 , HB49

Committee: House Energy Resources

Keywords: HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft

Transcript Highlights:

• Through strategic partnerships, education, and innovation, we are closing the gap in healthcare access
• of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of filing an application for a. place on the general primary
• HB5548 by Wilson relates to prohibiting certain food items from being included in primary and secondary

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was meant to close a loophole for defendants who were aging out of the status.
• And the loophole remains closed as a result of the bill.
• It was meant to close youthful offender.
• </c> remains closed as a result of the bill. remains closed as a result of the bill.
• </c><02:00:56.120><c> care</c> That we have in primary care for quality improvement, care management,

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• with our division of very closely with our division of personnel<00:39:23.040><c> to</c><00:39:23.359
• I will say $18 million is close to, you know, in case we don't receive the $18 million in case there's
• I will say $18 million is close to, you know, in case we don't receive the $18 million in case there's
• And lastly, the division directors, the business office, and our managers work very closely as the primary
• On page six, when we look at the general fund, which again is the primary source of our funding for the

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the primary reasons is 50 to 60% of our general fund budget goes to education.
• One of the<01:27:10.320><c> primary</c><01:27:10.719><c> reasons</c><01:27:11.120><c> is</c><01:27:12.400
• 27:12.800><c> to</c><01:27:13.120><c> 60%</c><01:27:14.000><c> of</c><01:27:14.239><c> our</c> the primary
• reasons is 50 to 60% of our the primary reasons is 50 to 60% of our general<01:27:15.040><c> fund</c

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:00:08 26RS SB 3: 0:02:50 26RS SB 1: 0:21:12, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• “Imagine all of the visits that you might make to a primary care physician or a pediatrician and talk
• 21:10.080><c> a</c> of the visits that you might make to a of the visits that you might make to a primary
• c> physician</c><00:21:11.600><c> or</c><00:21:11.919><c> a</c><00:21:12.080><c> pediatrician</c> primary
• care physician or a pediatrician primary care physician or a pediatrician um<00:21:13.679><c> and</c

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Make America Healthy Again task force held its first meeting to set interim priorities rather than take formal action. Co-chairs and members said the group’s goal is to identify practical policy ideas to improve Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, with an emphasis on prevention, and to gather input from members and outside stakeholders. Roll was called, several members were present, and the co-chairs noted the meeting would be limited in length and would not include a lunch break. Members identified a wide range of possible focus areas, including childhood and adult obesity, nutrition in schools, food deserts, agriculture and support for local farms, health responsibility, physical activity, mental health, and provider education on nutrition. Several speakers stressed that Kentucky’s health care costs are rising unsustainably and that prevention is cheaper than treatment. Others emphasized that the task force should work with agencies, hospitals, universities, and experts, and should narrow its work to a few actionable areas rather than “chase every rabbit.” There was also discussion of food as medicine, improving the quality of food in schools and hospitals, and making healthier choices more accessible and affordable. Members referenced conversations already underway with industries, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Hospital Association, and agricultural leaders. No votes or formal motions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; the main action was the exchange of priorities and direction for future task force work.

Transcript Highlights:

• We were so close. We're still there. I never give up.
• It's close, right?
• So, you know, close to 15% of that. 10% of all wildlife officers, he would be— So, you know, close to
• So that's one of them, a primary one. What additional concerns do you have?
• It's very close. I think this is total about $35 million for the state.

Summary: The meeting began with a lengthy opening discussion with Secretary Karen Ross of the Department of Food and Agriculture, who reviewed the department’s proposed budget, emphasized California agriculture’s record output, and highlighted major priorities including climate-smart agriculture, groundwater management, local food systems, farm-to-school, food hubs, invasive pest prevention, bird flu response, and food safety. She also warned about federal budget cuts, especially at USDA and FDA, and discussed market access challenges abroad, rising input costs, labor shortages, and the need for automation and workforce training. Members raised questions about the future of Farm to School, the California Nutrition Incentive Program/Market Match, local food procurement, and how to better connect farmers to schools, food banks, and food hubs; Ross said the department had strong evidence the program benefits small farms and Title I schools and noted continued interest in building out local food infrastructure. The committee then took up item one on eliminating vacant positions at the Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Parks and Recreation, and Food and Agriculture. The Legislative Analyst’s Office explained that the Governor proposed eliminating 6,000 vacant positions statewide, with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee previously rejecting 650 of them, including 174 in these three departments. LAO and Finance said the vacancies represented a source of budget flexibility, but warned that eliminating them could create program impacts; LAO recommended retaining the special-funded positions at Fish and Wildlife and Food and Agriculture, while weighing the General Fund positions against other priorities. Finance argued the reductions were part of a broader budget-resiliency exercise and that departments could reclassify or shift vacancies to higher priorities. Members focused heavily on the practical impacts of the cuts. Assemblymember Petrie-Norris argued that Fish and Wildlife staffing shortages were already slowing permits needed for housing, clean energy, water, and transportation projects, and questioned the value of saving relatively small amounts of money. Fish and Wildlife officials said the department had prioritized mission-critical work and could still meet permitting obligations, but acknowledged limited-term staffing constraints. State Parks said the proposed ranger and maintenance cuts would not have immediate effects but could slow maintenance and eventually worsen deferred maintenance. Food and Agriculture said some of the eliminated positions supported early pest detection and eradication, but that the department believed it could still meet its mandate and reclassify positions if needed. The chair and several members signaled concern about the Fish and Wildlife and Parks cuts, while also noting the broader need for budget reductions. The committee then moved to item six, hearing an overview from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. Staff described the office’s role in CEQA implementation and said the budget requests were baseline funding to maintain existing functions, including IT services and administrative/legislative support, rather than new programs. The chair asked the presenters to move quickly through background material so the committee could get to questions, and the item began with no votes taken during the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Time for debate is closed.
• Time for discussion is closed.
• Seeing none, do you have any closing comments?
• Okay, so that closes public comment.
• Seeing none, do you have any closing comments?

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2266, which would change school release-time policy for religious instruction from permissive to mandatory for school districts and charter governing bodies. The sponsor and supporters said the bill protects parental choice, religious liberty, and constitutional release-time programs, while opponents argued it would reduce local control, pull students from instructional time, and expose schools to constitutional and social harms. After public testimony and debate over liability, indoctrination, and academic impact, the committee voted 7-5 to give HB 2266 a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2193, a cleanup measure related to student directory information and parent organizations. The bill would allow parents of enrolled students or representatives of nonprofit organizations supporting a school to receive directory information unless a parent or eligible student opts out. Supporters from PTO/PTA groups said the change is needed so parent organizations can continue communicating with families and building school community, while members raised concerns about whether the language should be narrowed to avoid political or other misuse of student data. The sponsor said he was open to an amendment, and the committee approved HB 2193 on a 10-1 vote, with one member present. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2075, which would require public school districts to submit superintendent and other top administrator contracts or attestations to ADE and create a searchable online database of compensation details, including salary, benefits, and car allowances. The sponsor described it as a transparency measure, and the committee discussed an amendment to add more specific filing deadlines and the online database requirement. Opponents from school administrators and rural districts argued that superintendent salaries are already public, that the bill should also apply to charter and private schools receiving public funds, and that it could add burdens or distort comparisons across different public-sector labor markets. Supporters said the bill would make total compensation easier to access and reduce public records requests. The sponsor closed by saying the bill would centralize compensation information and simplify disclosure for districts.