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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That's because in 2022 we got a lot of the spending authority but not position.
- You may be familiar with the Good Neighbor Authority.
- You may be familiar with the Good Neighbor Authority.
- Authority we see in Lands, which is much more focused on logging enterprises.
- Authority we see in Lands, which is much more focused on logging enterprises.
Summary:
The committee first received an Idaho State Department of Agriculture update on quagga mussels, with Director Chanel T. Wall reviewing the history of Idaho’s response, the spread and ecological damage caused by mussels in the Great Lakes, and the state’s legislative and operational efforts since the species was first detected west of the 100th meridian in 2007. She described the 2024 and 2025 Mid-Snake treatment efforts using chelated copper, noting a more than 50% reduction in the impacted footprint in 2025 compared with 2024, while emphasizing that the goal remains eradication. Members asked about the treatment method, the difficulty of keeping copper in the deep-pool water column, fish mortality, the reproductive capacity of mussels, and whether other states are using Idaho’s approach; Wall said Idaho’s work is being watched closely, but few states have shown the political will to attempt similar eradication efforts. No votes were taken during this presentation.
The committee then heard a budget overview for natural resources from Legislative Services budget analyst Janet Jessup. She summarized the agencies under the natural resources budget area, explained JFAC’s recent actions on a 3% rescission, an additional 1% rescission, and a 5% ongoing base reduction for fiscal year 2027, and noted that many agency enhancements remain pending. She highlighted that DEQ’s requested enhancements are tied to dedicated and federal funds, Fish and Game’s budget is entirely dedicated/federal, Lands has a fire suppression deficiency fund that can be drawn into the negative and later repaid by the legislature, and Water Resources has a recurring transfer request. Members asked about the fire deficiency fund’s limits and how it is funded, and Jessup explained that it is typically preloaded by legislative appropriation.
Finally, Keith Bybee of Legislative Services gave a broader general fund and revenue outlook. He said the legislature’s adopted revenue forecast is higher than the governor’s, but the budget remains tight because of lower-than-expected cash balances and the effect of policy changes and rescissions. He noted that the current-year ending balance is small relative to the size of the budget, while the projected fiscal year 2027 ending balance improves under the legislature’s forecast. Committee members discussed uncertainty around future fire suppression costs, Medicaid, corrections, and school enrollment, and the meeting concluded with no further action beyond the informational presentations and prior JFAC budget decisions.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Colleagues, any questions or comments for the author or any of the witnesses?
- Colleagues, any questions or comments for the author or any of the witness?
- Colleagues, any questions or comments for the author or any of the witnesses?
- The committee attempted to work with the author, and as you know, Mr.
- First, I want to thank the author.
Committee:
House Public Safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, any other questions for the bill's author?
- Members, any questions for the bill's author? Okay, thanks.
- I'm not sure how to do that, but I'll work with the author.
- Members, are there any questions for the bill's author? Okay.
- Members, are there any questions for the bill's author?
Bills:
HB 1181 , HB3704 , HB1363 , HB1610 , HB1615 , HB1620 , HB3223 , HB1317 , HB2884 , HB2176 , HB4027 , HB1664 , HB933 , HB2613 , HB3353 , HB2086 , HB4101 , HB3441 , HB4145 , HB3455
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Keywords:
judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Aeronautics and Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- The questions of the author, questions at the senator, you're right to answer a question of the author
- The questions of the author, Senator Goodwin. You recognize?
- You've heard the unanimous request from the author without Objection, that will be the order.
- I want to say thank you to the author for bringing this.
- We have a do pass from the author, second from the Vice Chair.
Committee:
Senate Aeronautics and Transportation
Keywords:
motor vehicle safety, headlamps, headlights, fog lights, daytime running lights, auxiliary driving lamps, spot lamps, off-road lamps, bicycle lights, bicycle reflectors, vehicle lighting, roadway visibility, low visibility, rain, snow, wipers, night driving, traffic safety, Oklahoma Title 47, vehicle code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- of a physician who would also be authorized in this case.
- When we delegate that authority to... To another professional.
- That authority, the prescriptive authority, to a PA or an APRN, part of that is ensuring adequate supervision
- And again, I would encourage you to work with the bill author.
- at that point they are acting under the delegation authority.
Bills:
HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
MD
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> from federal law enforcement authorities from federal law enforcement authorities like<01:12:54.080
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Aug 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we do have another author, Assembly Member, presenting for...
- We have another author, Assembly Member, presenting for Senator Caballero.
- The federal administration has the authority to fully decertify the state's driver's license program
- All had been granted work authorization by the federal government at the time.
- All had been granted work authorization by the federal government at the time.
Summary:
The Assembly Transportation Committee met with an initial lack of quorum and began hearing items as a subcommittee before quorum was established. The committee first heard SCR 129, which designates a portion of State Highway Route 152 in Santa Clara County as the Rusty Reyes Highway. The author and supporters described Rusty Reyes as a longtime public servant who helped secure funding for Highway 152 improvements and other local projects. There was no opposition testimony, and the measure was moved for adoption.
The committee then heard SJR 16, which urges Congress to act on the loss of commercial driver credentials affecting thousands of California truck drivers, including many in Sikh and Latino communities. The author and Teamsters California testified that federal action and court rulings had forced cancellation of licenses despite the drivers’ qualifications, harming livelihoods and the state’s supply chain, and that California was also facing withheld federal highway funds. No opposition witnesses appeared, and the resolution was moved for adoption.
After quorum was established, the committee returned to its consent calendar item, ACR 228, and then took roll calls on the measures. Both SCR 129 and SJR 16 were adopted by committee vote, and ACR 228 was also moved on the consent calendar. The chair repeatedly held the roll open briefly to allow additional members to add their votes before closing the roll.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 8th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Third reading of the bill: An act authorizing the city known as the town of North Attleboro to establish
- The House bill, relative to authorize the conveyance of certain parcels of land in the city of Fall River
- The House bill authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor
- Third reading of the bill: An act authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend
- The House bill authorizing municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend the hours of liquor
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution congratulating Douglas Fire Chief John J. Perna on his retirement. It then took up several local and personnel-related bills on third reading, including sick leave banks for Shannon Manning of the Trial Court and Stephanie Rivera of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office; both were amended to add emergency preambles and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed to be engrossed bills concerning special meetings of the Holyoke City Council, the Reading town charter, and a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption for North Attleboro, and ordered a Fall River land conveyance bill to third reading.
The chamber also paused for a personal privilege recognition honoring Canton High School’s state champion teams. Senators and guests celebrated the school’s 2025 Division II golf champions, Division II boys hockey champions, and Division III girls track and field champions, along with coaches and school officials, with remarks praising their accomplishments and community support.
Later, the Senate considered a House bill creating a temporary summer 2026 pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. A reporting requirement amendment offered by Senator Tarr was adopted, the bill was ordered to third reading, and it was passed to be engrossed. The House then returned the bill with a further amendment, which the Senate concurred in. The Senate also suspended rules and referred a Newton pension obligation bonds bill to the committees on municipalities and regional government. Finally, the Senate adopted the emergency preamble for the liquor-license pilot bill, passed it to be enacted, and adjourned to meet again on Thursday at 11 a.m.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- will now occur on the nomination of Keith Ventress to serve on the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority
- you are recognized To present the nomination of Keith Ventress to the Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority
- It'll be questions of the author, Senator Irk. You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Other questions for the author, Senator Howard.
- There be questions of the author, House Bill 4305?
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
Keywords:
education funding, linked deposits, education infrastructure, charter schools, nonprofit organizations, Oklahoma Education Infrastructure Program, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Substitute Senate Bill 6225 is regarding authorizing bonds for transportation funding.
- , and repeals certain remaining bond authorizations.
- It would reduce the bond authorization for highway projects or improvements from $1.1 billion to $800
- It authorizes a new motor vehicle manufacturer to provide direct sales of its own vehicles if certain
- It authorizes a new motor vehicle manufacturer to provide direct sales of its own vehicles if certain
Bills:
HB2347
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
luxury aircraft tax, tax reduction, economic impact, business aviation, state revenue, 904, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Primary witnesses must be those accompanying the author or those who have officially registered their
- The author, her staff, and the sponsors have been gracious.
- I am confident that the author will continue dialogue and continue working on the bill as well.
- So I would love to be added as a co-author and really appreciate your leadership on this.
- So I would love to be added as a co-author and really appreciate your leadership on this.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance met and initially lacked a quorum, so it began as a subcommittee before later obtaining enough members to act. The committee took up a consent calendar containing AB 501, AB 683, and AB 1278, all of which were approved for passage to their next committees, with AB 501 sent to Judiciary and AB 683 and AB 1278 sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 871, which was presented as a measure to strengthen protections against elder financial abuse and scams by improving reporting and training requirements for financial institutions and mandated reporters.
The author described the bill as a response to widespread elder fraud, including a personal family experience, and explained that the bill would add reporting guidance to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the Federal Trade Commission. Supporters, including the California Welfare Directors Association and several local government and advocacy representatives, said the bill would help identify patterns, improve coordination, and potentially stop fraudulent transfers more quickly. The California Bankers Association did not oppose the bill but raised concerns about whether IC3 is the right reporting channel in every case, whether a dollar threshold should apply, and how institutions would operationalize customer notification requirements.
Several committee members spoke in support, emphasizing the prevalence and sophistication of scams targeting older adults and the need to avoid imposing civil penalties or undue liability on financial institutions. The author said she was working with stakeholders to address concerns and keep the bill effective. AB 871 was then approved on a due pass motion to the Judiciary Committee, and the roll was left open briefly for absent members before the meeting adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- But we also had in 2025 House Bill 82 that added some changes to that original authorizing statute.
- The field examinations would be done by a state-authorized investigator.
- Conflict prevention was a separate pot of money in the same authorizing legislation.
- The field examinations would be done by a state authorized investigator.
- Conflict prevention was a separate pot of money in the same authorizing legislation.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- go by, is there any requirement that they have to authorize it again?
- go by, is there any requirement that they have to authorize it again?
- go by, is there any requirement that they have to authorize it again?
- authorized list?
- authorized list?
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes, property tax, electronic communication, tax assessment, tax correction, real estate, agriculture, tax classification, land use, nonprofit organizations, transaction privilege tax, tax exemption, textbook rental, education, business leasing
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 30th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Nevada Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of the Senate, the reading of the journal is dispensed with, and the President and Secretary are authorized
- Among other items, the bill transfers the authority to regulate food permit food establishments, cottage
- SB 494 creates the Nevada Health Authority as a new executive department to assume many responsibilities
- SB 494 creates the Nevada Health Authority as a new executive department to assume many responsibilities
- The bill authorizes the Labor Commissioner to impose certain fees and administrative penalties against
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- working group on health insurance reform to provide recommendations for reducing the impact of prior authorization
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- So we'd like to see section the one, the sections prior authorization.
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Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The Health and Human Services committee heard several resolutions focused on health care access, Medicaid services, and regulatory reform. SR 6 urged the Director of Health to create a working group on health insurance reform to reduce prior authorization delays; testimony was generally supportive, with DHS, SHIPA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, the Hawaii Medical Association, and HMSA all offering comments or support. SHIPA said House Bill 250 would provide a better mechanism for the same goal, but the committee still moved forward with the resolution.
SR 7 asked DHS Med-QUEST to cover behavioral health services for children in school-based settings, and SR 9 sought a program to incentivize community care foster family homes to accept people eligible under the Medicaid IDD waiver program. DHS supported the intent of both measures but raised concerns about regulatory limits. Testifiers on SR 9, including the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center, argued the state should be more creative in expanding residential capacity, especially on the neighbor islands, while the chair questioned whether the barriers were state administrative rules or federal requirements.
The committee also heard SC 14/SR 10 on a sunrise analysis for lactation consultant licensure. Supporters said lactation services can improve health outcomes and save costs, and that Medicaid coverage remains limited. After discussion, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations: SR 6 and SC 14/SR 10 were passed with technical, non-substantive amendments; SR 7 was deferred; and SR 9 was deferred for further work. The meeting then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The Florida Supreme Court delegate, some of that authority to the Florida bar to assist in regulating
- The bar operate only once again under the limited authority granted to it by the Florida Supreme Court
- So the bars, governor also by state and federal laws limiting its authority.
- The board for the court authorized the creation of 23 voluntary bar sections.
- So they're authority comes from the same place in the Constitution.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Jan 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Behind the second tab is a short summary of the committee's authority.
- Members of the legislature are authorized to submit requests to the committee for an Auditor General
- Another area the committee has enforcement authority is what we call the three PEs.
- Another area the committee has enforcement authority is what we call the three petes.
- the authority to conduct these audits.
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met to receive annual overviews of its oversight responsibilities and the work of the Auditor General and OPAGA. Committee staff reviewed the committee’s authority over state and local governments, enforcement of audit-report filing requirements, repeated audit findings, Transparency Florida reporting, and lobbying compensation audits. Auditor General Cheryl Norman described her office’s independence, audit standards, quality control, and major audit areas, including the state’s annual financial and single audits, school district and university audits, operational and performance audits, and attestation work. She also noted staffing shortages, recruitment efforts, and a request for carry-forward funds to study salaries.
Members asked about whether audits can quantify recoverable dollars, how school district spending comparisons are handled, and how to raise concerns about DCF-related audits or a local city audit that has been pending for years. Norman said her office can quantify findings when possible, sometimes compares costs across districts in operational audits, and that members can bring specific concerns to the appropriate deputy auditor general or the committee. She also explained that citizen or local-government audit requests may require payment of audit costs.
OPAGA Coordinator Kara Collins-Gomez outlined OPAGA’s role as a legislative research unit that conducts studies directed by law, the presiding officers, or the committee, and described its policy areas, methodologies, contract monitoring, and recurring statutory reports. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy explained how to read operational audit reports, including findings, criteria, condition, cause, effect, recommendations, and management responses. Deputy Auditor General Greg Senators explained financial audit reports, including audit opinions, required supplementary information, internal control and compliance findings, federal program compliance, and management letters. The meeting concluded with thanks to the presenters and a motion to adjourn, which passed without objection.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Boyer has authorized Representative Fontneau to carry this bill.
- House Bill 1038, that Representative Fontneau has been authorized to present.
- That Representative Fontneau has been authorized to present.
- It talks about the court of authority shall be where the court is domiciled.
- Representative Muscarello, the author, is a former public defender.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary B
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Regulate Artificial Intelligence - 03/09/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not a co-author,<00:03:01.880><c> and</c><00:03:01.959><c> I</c><00:03:02.000><c> don't</c><00:03
- all the co-author, and I don't support all the bills<00:03:03.000><c> up</c><00:03:03.160><c> here,<
- </c><00:12:20.640><c> Is</c><00:12:20.800><c> it</c> and it's you two as authors.
- Is it and it's you two as authors.
- </c> >> Sure the two that I am not a co-author >> Sure the two that I am not a co-author
Summary:
Senators Erin Maye Quade, Eric Lucero, Liz Boldon, and Chair Ron Latz discussed a package of bipartisan bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence and related technology in Minnesota. The speakers argued that AI can be beneficial but has been rolled out without adequate safeguards, citing concerns about consumer surveillance, insurance claim denials, dynamic pricing, chatbot harms to children, and the use of AI in healthcare utilization review. Maye Quade and Boldon emphasized protecting kids, consumers, and constitutional rights, while Lucero framed the issue as keeping law aligned with rapidly changing technology and protecting individual liberties.
A major focus was the “reverse warrant” bill, which would restrict law enforcement from using warrants that start with an unknown suspect and sweep up data from everyone in a location or search terms in a broad area. The senators said such warrants are the opposite of the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement, though they noted ongoing conversations with the BCA and police chiefs about balancing privacy and public safety. They also discussed a bill to prohibit minors from accessing chatbots, describing chatbots as conversational, addictive, and uniquely harmful to developing brains; Maye Quade cited examples of self-harm, sexual content, and dangerous advice allegedly given to minors.
The senators said the package was intentionally heard in Judiciary first so it could be referred to Commerce, and they expressed hope for further hearings there and in the House. Lucero said he did not support all the bills, naming the dynamic pricing bill and the AI utilization review prohibition as measures he had reservations about, while supporting the reverse warrant, disclosure, and minor-access restrictions. The discussion also touched on federal preemption concerns, with the senators saying states are stepping in because federal action has lagged and the harms cross party lines. No formal votes or committee actions were described in the transcript.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not have a water authority.
- So that the list can be produced and a bill produced for the legislature to authorize.
- And if legislative authorization were suspended...
- My concern is, I believe that this Section 3 was added because all authority would be with...
- Section 3 was added because all authority would be with the Water Trust Board.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 103, which would prevent a homeowner from losing the 3% valuation cap solely because of a zoning change. The sponsor and supporters, including the New Mexico Business Coalition, Realtors, and the City of Albuquerque, said the bill would protect homeowners from unexpected tax increases when the property’s use has not changed. There was no opposition, and the committee approved HB 103 with a due pass recommendation by voice vote.
The committee then considered House Bill 145, which extends the high-wage job tax credit sunset from 2026 to 2036. The sponsor and the Economic Development Secretary said the credit has been effective in attracting and retaining higher-wage jobs, especially because employers need long-term certainty. Business and economic development groups testified in support, while no one spoke in opposition. Members discussed the wage thresholds, the value of keeping a sunset for review, and the bill’s fiscal impact. The committee passed HB 145 on a 7-2 roll call vote.
House Bill 247, a major capital outlay modernization bill, generated the most extensive discussion. The sponsor described the bill as a response to billions in unspent capital outlay balances and repeated reauthorizations, and proposed amendments to require ICIP inclusion for larger appropriations, limit reauthorizations, and change how water projects are handled. Public testimony was mixed: some rural and tribal representatives supported modernization but warned that the water provisions could harm small communities, fire suppression systems, flood-control dams, and other local projects. After debate, the committee adopted an amendment striking the water-related Section 2, then later passed the bill as twice amended with a due pass recommendation.