Transcript Highlights:

• At this time, we'll go ahead and call our first bill for consideration to the table.
• </c><00:02:01.079><c> to</c><00:02:01.240><c> the</c> first an bill for consideration to the first an
• bill for consideration to the table<00:02:02.399><c> so</c><00:02:02.759><c> please</c><00:02:03.320
• We are sitting on a mountain of spent uranium tails, and we've recently, I'll let the floor leader expound
• We are sitting on a mountain of spent uranium tails, and we've recently, I'll let the floor leader expound

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then heard ACR 22, sponsored by Representatives Randy Bridges and Steven Rudy. The resolution declares nuclear generation to be a clean, dispatchable baseload energy source for Kentucky. The sponsors argued that Kentucky and the broader energy market are facing growing demand and reliability challenges, and said the resolution recognizes prior legislative steps on nuclear power, including lifting the nuclear moratorium, creating a nuclear study working group, and establishing the Kentucky Nuclear Development Authority. The sponsors also emphasized nuclear power as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy and highlighted small modular reactors and spent fuel processing as important future technologies. They referenced Paducah’s former uranium enrichment site and potential laser enrichment work as part of a recycling approach that could reduce waste and support new fuel production. No outside testimony was presented in the excerpt. Members expressed support for the resolution, with several noting its importance for economic development, reliable power, and keeping coal relevant through new energy partnerships. The committee voted favorably on the measure, with all members present voting aye, and the chair stated that the resolution would pass with favorable expression. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I was born in Vietnam on a floor. I don't deserve the platform.
• ayes and zero nays, I consider the commission mis George to have passed and he will be sent to the floor
• for further consideration.
• ayes and zero nays, I consider the commission mis George to have passed and he will be sent to the floor
• for further consideration.

Committee: Senate Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• 00:08:42.000><c> this</c> appreciate the consideration for this appreciate the consideration for this
• </c> the floor. Thank you, sir. the floor. Thank you, sir.
• :09:54.720><c> the</c><00:09:54.880><c> committee</c> the floor uh with the committee the floor uh with
• The same should pass on the floor.
• The same should pass on the floor. Thank you.

Committee: House Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• From our perspective, the real skilled training starts when they hit our floors.
• So I hope you will support this and send it to the floor with that due pass recommendation.
• Chairman, that we send House Bill 514 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
• Tomorrow afternoon, we do have a floor session at 11 a.m., and we are adjourned.
• Tomorrow afternoon, we do have a floor session at 11 a.m. and we are adjourned.

Committee: House Business

Transcript Highlights:

• I thank the committee and staff for your thoughtful consideration. Sunscreen.
• I appreciate the time and consideration. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you.
• Senator Cook, I'm going to give you the floor. view the gavel for one second.
• The floor is now open for public testimony. The chair calls Sheila. and Lynn Cowles.
• Senate Bill 502, the floor is now open for public testimony.

Bills: SB502 , SB513 , SB622 , SB670 , SB731 , SB732 , SB916 , SB961 , SB1122

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Privilege of the floor? Granted.
• Privilege of the floor, Madam Speaker. Granted.
• Privilege of the floor for a motion? Granted.
• Privilege of the floor for a motion? Granted.
• Privilege of the floor for a motion? Granted.

Transcript Highlights:

• The committee is now going to have under consideration Senate Joint Memorial 112.
• I move to send Senate Bill 1322 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
• I move to send SJM 109 to the floor with the due pass recommendation.
• So the motion is to move HCR 35 to the floor, to the second reading calendar.
• Chairman, I move to send SCR 122 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.

Committee: House State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• So, SB 763, item 21, the floor is yours. Item 21. The floor is yours. Okay. Thank you.
• it out to the floor.
• And then it goes to the floor.
• And then it goes to the floor.
• Senator, the floor is yours.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures, with extensive testimony on firearms regulation, disability and sexual assault, mental health diversion, emergency response, and law enforcement masking. SB 704 by Senator Arreguín would require firearm barrels to be purchased through licensed dealers with a background check, as a response to the rise in ghost guns and 3D-printed firearms; supporters said barrels are a key component of untraceable guns, while opponents argued the bill burdens lawful gun owners and does little to stop criminals. SB 258 by Senator Wahab would eliminate the remaining spousal rape exception for victims unable to consent because of disability; supporters called it a needed closure of an archaic loophole, while disability-rights advocates opposed it unless amended, warning it could worsen misunderstandings about capacity to consent and harm disabled people’s autonomy. After debate, SB 258 passed the committee on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, with several members voting aye and the bill held on call. Senator Umberg presented SB 398, which closes a loophole in the law prohibiting paying or offering money or other value to induce someone to vote or register to vote; there was little opposition, and the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Appropriations and was held on call. He also presented SB 27, a CARE Court cleanup measure that would allow certain misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial to be routed into CARE Court and would expand eligibility to some people with mood disorders with psychotic features. Supporters said it would improve access to treatment and reduce unnecessary incarceration, while county behavioral health directors and disability advocates warned it could blur the line between voluntary civil treatment and coercive criminal proceedings and expand CARE Court beyond its intended scope. SB 27 passed on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 36 from Senator Umberg, a price-gouging measure tied to wildfire-related emergency conditions that also expands search-warrant authority for certain misdemeanor investigations. Public defenders opposed the search-warrant expansion as unnecessary, while a late supporter from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office spoke in favor; the bill was moved on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations and held on call. SB 571 by Senator Arreguín would increase penalties for impersonating emergency personnel and related conduct during disasters; supporters cited post-fire looting and impersonation, while opponents argued longer sentences do not deter crime and that existing law is sufficient. The bill passed on a due-pass motion as amended to Appropriations and was held on call. Finally, Senator Wiener presented SB 627, which would prohibit law enforcement from wearing extreme masks except in limited circumstances, aimed largely at masked federal immigration enforcement operations. Supporters said masked, unidentified officers create fear and undermine trust, while law enforcement groups argued the bill wrongly sweeps in local officers, is too broad, and should instead target federal agents or impersonators. Testimony was still underway when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SB 627 is shown here.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, as I mentioned up on the floor, Mr.
• Um, as I mentioned up on the floor, Mr.
• Um, as I mentioned up on the floor, Mr.
• Um, as I mentioned up on the floor, Mr.
• </c><01:21:28.800><c> in</c> As I mentioned to you on the floor in As I mentioned to you on the floor

Bills: HB0103 , HB0070 , HB0091

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• We do have a floor amendment.
• President, I urge members to adopt the floor amendment, Senate Floor Amendment Number One.
• Senators, we do have another floor amendment. The reader to read. Floor amendments.
• I move Senate Floor Amendment Number Two.
• We do have another floor amendment.

Summary: The Senate debated House Joint Resolution 5, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow legislative compensation tied to median household income. Supporters argued that paying legislators would broaden access, improve representation, and help people who cannot afford to serve without outside income, while opponents said lawmakers should not raise their own pay given the legislature’s performance and the state’s budget and job losses. Three floor amendments were offered and all failed: one to change the ballot language to more directly say it would pay legislators a salary, one to add 16-year term limits, and one to deny per diem and mileage for meetings within 50 miles of a member’s home. After extended debate, the Senate adopted the resolution on a roll call vote of 23-19, sending H.J.R. 5, as amended, forward. The chamber then passed Senate Memorial 31, which creates a work group to study the 2020 suspension of COLAs for retired state employees and possible retirement-fund recommendations, by a 42-0 vote. Senate Memorial 17 also passed unanimously, calling for a task force to study the status and backlog of sexual assault examination kits in New Mexico. The Senate also received several House messages on bills returned or amended by the House, and adopted a committee report covering multiple House bills, including HB 20, HB 38, HB 108, HB 200, HB 270, HB 291, HB 306, and HB 309. The meeting ended with announcements about committee schedules and a recess until 10:30 a.m. the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Floor leader, thank you. Mr.
• Floor leader, thank you. Mr.
• It sets that minimum floor.
• Floor Leader, Mr. Speaker.
• floor running.

Bills: SB1687 , HB1687 , HB4431 , HB2894 , HB2979 , HB3262 , HB3298 , HB3369 , HB3431 , HB3462 , SB1226 , SB1876 , SB1916 , SB1920 , HB3467 , HB3498 , HB3500 , HB3521 , HB3581 , HB3650 , HB3673 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3781 , HB3800 , HB3831 , HB3834 , HB3941 , HB2749 , HB3970 , HB3972 , HB3979 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB3996 , HB4095 , HB4104 , HB4191 , HB4248 , HB4298 , HB4338 , HB4427 , HB4428 , HJR1023 , HB3660 , HB3718 , HB4326 , HB3443 , HB3880 , HB3649 , HB3000 , SB1651 , SB504 , SB372 , SB1326 , SB1633 , SB248 , SB1242 , SB1238 , SB423 , SB1989 , SB1286 , SB904 , SB1213 , SB1216 , SB1827 , SB65 , SB1390 , SB259 , SB1944 , SB540 , SB2139 , SB346 , SB1595 , SB1400 , SB1555 , SB1209 , SB2110 , SB1670 , SB1061 , SB2104 , HR1057 , SB1946 , SB1734 , SB1316 , SB1360 , SB1557 , SB1684 , SB2049 , SB1410 , SB2011 , SB1437 , SB1204 , SB1732 , SB1775 , SB2084 , SB1380 , SB1572 , SB1772 , SB1224 , SB710 , SB1338 , SB1266 , SB1303 , SB1307 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1191 , SB1983 , SB1832 , SB1448 , SB1534 , SB1593 , SB1597 , SB1630 , SB1489 , SB1726 , SB1796 , SB1806 , SB1877 , SB1451 , SB1553 , SB1632 , SB1423 , SB1425 , SB1502 , SB2180 , SB1725 , SB2182 , HB3003 , HB3004 , HB4434 , HB4324 , HB4342 , HB2137 , HB4432 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53

Keywords: driver licenses, exam proctor, Service Oklahoma, commercial training, background checks, advance directive, advance health care directive, health care proxy, medical power of attorney, durable power of attorney for health care, living will, surrogate decision-maker, default surrogate, health care agent, capacity determination, supported decision making, mental health directive, psychiatric advance directive, end-of-life care, life-sustaining treatment

Transcript Highlights:

• I move for favorable consideration. All right. It's been moved by Senator Singleton.
• So adopted on the floor. He doesn't have it. Here it is. Right.
• I'm honored to be here, Senator, and I truly appreciate your consideration.
• If you want to handle it on the floor... We've done this for our other schools.
• So, we'll get that for the floor. Miss Stalworth, my conscience and reminder.

Bills: HB86 , HB273 , HB379 , HB386 , HB387 , HB388 , HB389 , HB487 , HB600 , SB120 , HB176

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, tax credits, qualified donations, Alabama Department of Revenue, HB273, Hunger-Free Campus Act, hunger free campus, food insecurity, college hunger, student hunger, campus pantry, food pantry, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, basic needs, student food assistance, meal vouchers, meal credits, food vouchers

Transcript Highlights:

• So, SB 763, Item 21, the floor is yours. Item 21. The floor is yours. Okay. Thank you.
• Senator Menjivar, the floor is yours.
• it out to the floor.
• González, you still have the floor.
• Senator, the floor is yours.

Committee: House Public Safety

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures. SB 704 by Senator Arreguín would require firearm barrels to be purchased through licensed dealers with a background check, as part of efforts to curb ghost guns. Supporters, including Brady Campaign and the California Police Chiefs Association, said barrels are a key unregulated component used in ghost guns; opponents argued the bill would burden lawful gun owners and would not meaningfully stop criminals. The bill was held for a later vote because the committee did not yet have a quorum when it was heard. SB 258 by Senator Wahab would remove the remaining spousal rape exception for victims unable to consent because of disability. Support came from prosecutors, sheriffs, and disability service organizations, while disability rights groups and public defender organizations opposed or sought amendments, warning the bill could worsen misunderstandings about consent for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. After extensive testimony, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 258 to Appropriations. Senator Umberg presented SB 27, which would make CARE Court more efficient and expand eligibility to some people with schizophrenia-like conditions and certain mood disorders with psychotic features, including some misdemeanor defendants found incompetent to stand trial. Supporters said it would improve treatment linkage and reduce jail cycling; opponents, including county behavioral health directors and many disability advocates, argued it could make CARE Court more coercive and expand a program they view as ineffective. The committee passed SB 27 on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 36, a price-gouging measure with a proposed search-warrant expansion, and SB 571, which increases penalties for impersonating emergency personnel and looting during disasters; SB 571 passed on a 4-0 vote, while SB 36 was held on call after mixed testimony and a vote. Later, SB 627 by Senator Wiener, which would restrict masking by law enforcement and federal agents with exceptions for safety and undercover work, drew strong support from immigrant-rights and civil liberties groups and strong opposition from police associations; the transcript ends during that hearing before any final action is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• So that has been taken into consideration.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Senate floor.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Senate floor.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Senate floor.
• The motion is due pass as amended to the Senate floor.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Transcript Highlights:

• He should be sat down and let someone else have the floor.
• I've got a bill on the floor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• I, after this, this is the purpose of floor debate.
• It's on another bill that's coming up to the floor as well. All right.
• It's on another bill that's coming up to the floor as well. All right.

Transcript Highlights:

• I've seen redistricting four times on this floor.
• Representative Davis, you have the floor. Mr.
• So to answer the question, we fixed that. with a floor amendment on the House floor, correct?
• I hope you take that into consideration.
• Get on the floor. Our constituents deserve no less.

Bills: HB4 , HB4

Transcript Highlights:

• Floor. Let me be clear. My bill is limited and targeted.
• Harder on his work to bring this to the floor. I have no further speakers. I reserve my time.
• Members, please take your conversations off the floor. The House will be in order.
• For what purpose does member CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR. THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
• And we need to come together and remember we were all on this floor when it was innovated in January

Bills: HR776 , HR43 , HR226 , HR42 , HR835

Keywords: Coptic Christians, human rights, Egypt, religious freedom, US-Egypt relations, minority rights, violence prevention, inauguration, Congress, House attendance, ceremony, legislative session, inaugural ceremony, House of Representatives, President, Vice President, adjournment, aviation, transportation, centennial

Transcript Highlights:

• I respectfully request consideration of the measure for your suspense file.
• The motion is do pass as amended to the Assembly Floor.
• Yeah, thank you again for the consideration and the discussion.
• This is do pass to the Assembly floor. So I'll entertain a motion on 14.08.
• The chair is recommending an aye vote, and the motion is do pass to the Assembly Floor.

Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee held a final hearing on a series of Senate bills, with the chair explaining the committee’s suspense-file process and then taking up measures in regular order and later from suspense. SB 1329 on solar property tax assessment drew the most extensive testimony: the author and industry supporters said it would create statewide assessment standards, exclude intangibles, and provide certainty for solar development, while county assessors and county representatives opposed it as a statutory formula that would undercut fair market value and reduce local revenue. The bill was sent to suspense during the first portion of the hearing and later passed suspense 5-2 after amendments. SB 661, dealing with airport funding and aviation fuel tax revenues, also generated support from airport and local government representatives but opposition from airlines over the proposed distribution formula; it was referred to suspense and later passed 7-0 with amendments. SB 1172, which places guardrails on tax-sharing agreements, was supported by local governments and retailers; after the author accepted committee amendments, opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed 4-2 to the floor. SB 9-1-1, a wildfire safety measure using the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report to notify fire agencies about defensible-space compliance, was supported by fire chiefs and wildfire-safety advocates but opposed by assessors; it passed 5-2 to Appropriations. SB 1408, authorizing Contra Costa County to place a transportation sales tax on the ballot, passed 4-2 to the floor. SB 1072, the housing omnibus bill, passed 7-0, and SB 1424, expanding a sales tax exemption for zero-emission vehicle fueling equipment, was held in committee after support from hydrogen and electric transportation advocates and no opposition. In suspense-file action, the committee also passed SB 1435, SB 288, SB 296, SB 420, SB 881, SB 888, SB 1053, SB 1406, and SB 1407, while SB 353 and SB 1249 were held. The chair closed by thanking members, staff, stakeholders, and a retiring consultant, and adjourned the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• I respectfully request consideration of the measure for your suspense file.
• Thank you. ...consideration of the measure for your suspense file. Thank you very much.
• The motion is do pass as amended to the Assembly Floor.
• This is do pass to the Assembly floor. So I'll entertain a motion on 14.08.
• The chair is recommending an aye vote, and the motion is do pass to the Assembly floor.

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:

• To members of the committee, I stand before you to present HCR 25 for your consideration.
• So I respectfully ask that you advance HCR 25 to the floor for consideration.
• I see in committee hearings and on both the legislative floors as well as social media.
• I move we send HCR 25 to the floor of the Senate with a due pass.
• I have a motion from Senator Foreman to send H.J.R. 25 to the floor with a due pass.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules