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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I think, again, I have the best job in the state, but I also have the best team in the state.
- , 60 historic properties throughout the state.
- This committee has helped us to restore the state capitol, reimagine the state museum, dedicate the Spirit
- The agency is a consolidated agency that includes the State Museum, State Archives, the SHPO, and historic
- The agency is a consolidated agency that includes the State Museum, State Archives, the SHPO, and historic
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations first for the Idaho Workforce Development Council. Analyst Brooke Dupree reviewed the council’s statutory role, fund balances, and FY 2027 requests, including an ongoing transfer of $1.15 million within the In Demand Careers Fund to support more Launch grants, a proposed consolidation of the STEM Action Center into the council, and reappropriation authority for ARPA and other grant funds. Director Wendy Sechrist said Launch, workforce training grants, child care grants, and semiconductor-related grants have produced strong participation and wage gains, and she explained that the STEM education fund would be sunset under the merger. Members asked about the remaining STEM dedicated fund, the timing and impact of a proposed $10 million cash transfer from Launch, repayment of some Launch grants, and how much of the training funding goes to incumbent workers versus new hires.
The committee then reviewed the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Dupree outlined the agency’s dedicated funds and FY 2027 requests for additional appropriation authority tied to Social Security reimbursements and adaptive aids store revenue, plus one-time vehicle replacement funding. Administrator Beth Cunningham said the agency uses those funds to support vocational rehabilitation, independent living services, and surgeries for eligible clients without other coverage. Members asked about discrepancies in fund figures, the growth in the adaptive aids fund balance, and the effect of holdbacks on services; Cunningham said the cuts would modestly reduce client services, travel, and some site restoration support.
Finally, the Idaho State Historical Society presented its budget. Dupree described requests for $450,000 to complete the move of state records and collections into the new archives addition, $36,300 for IT hardware, and reappropriation authority for moving costs, along with prior enhancements for Old Pen staffing and archival work. Director Janet Gallimore emphasized stewardship of state records and artifacts, the importance of the move, and the agency’s role in Idaho’s America 250 efforts. Members praised the agency’s work and asked about historic preservation reviews and archaeological surveys; Gallimore said staff consult with federal agencies under the National Historic Preservation Act and agreed to provide travel records for surveys in Bonner County. The meeting ended with a presentation of historical artifacts and adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 4 May 19th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As you all recall, when the governor gave a State of the State, he said, "Send me an OIG bill, and I'll
- Over state government programs and what I call providers, which are the recipients of state funds, is
- Governor Walz expresses his support for the idea in his state-of-the-state address, and then here we
- Not balancing our state budget.
- That is occurring within our state.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Tennessee and Washington are the most recent states to adopt similar measures.
- Tennessee and Washington are the most recent states to adopt similar measures.
- Tennessee and Washington are the most recent states to adopt similar measures.
- Tennessee and Washington are the most recent states to adopt similar measures.
- Tennessee and Washington are the most recent states to adopt similar measures.
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing on Senate Bill 25, which would allow state-chartered credit unions to compensate board members if the membership approves it. Prime sponsor Senator Dan Innis said the bill is enabling only, intended to help credit unions recruit and retain qualified directors and align New Hampshire with other states that already allow such compensation. Credit union representatives from the Cooperative Credit Union Association and St. Mary’s Bank supported the bill, saying board service has become more complex because of cybersecurity, asset-liability management, and other regulatory demands, and that compensation could be modest and take forms such as meeting fees or educational reimbursement. In response to committee questions, they said compensation would be set by the membership, disclosed in advance, and subject to bylaws and internal policies; they also noted that board members must be credit union members and that voting procedures vary by institution, with some using mailed ballots rather than proxy voting.
Members raised questions about why credit union boards were historically excluded, what kinds of compensation were contemplated, whether there would be a cap, and how voting and confidentiality would work. Testimony explained that the historical rationale was the nonprofit, volunteer mission of credit unions, but witnesses argued that the modern environment and competition for talent justify a change. They also said the bill would not mandate compensation and would not create a salary structure comparable to banks, but would allow members to approve modest compensation or reimbursements. After no further testimony, the chair closed the public hearing on Senate Bill 25.
The committee then opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 26, sponsored by Senator Howard Pearl, concerning the definition of deposits in land sales and escrowed accounts. Pearl said the bill would clarify that buyer funds for upgrades and luxury items in new-home construction are not treated as refundable deposits that must be held in escrow, arguing that the current Attorney General interpretation raises builder costs, increases home prices, and can limit buyer choices. He said the proposal would allow those upgrade funds to be paid directly to builders for construction, with signed disclosures making clear that the buyer requested the items and bears the risk if financing falls through. The hearing on Senate Bill 26 had just begun when the transcript ended.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- But this time, we do so at the risk of unbalancing our state budgets.
- I'd also push back on the notion that it's going to cost the state.
- Neighborhood schools are closing all over the state.
- Warren Petersen, President of the Arizona State Senate, LD 14.
- SB 1119, state birth emission fees for exemption. Government and ATT.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/12/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Necessarily listed as an essential service within the United States or within the state of New Hampshire
- I want to point out Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State
- I want to point out Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State
- I want to point out Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State
- I want to point out Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There are eight states that do full voting, and in that 37 are states like Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota
- So they're not all blue states.
- that</c><00:06:23.199><c> do</c> voting there are eight states that do voting there are eight states
- states states like<00:06:31.400><c> uh</c><00:06:31.560><c> Montana</c><00:06:32.400><c> Wyoming</c>
- Well, certainly there are states that have very convenient voting, and I look at the West Coast, Washington
Committee:
House Election Law
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/22/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> for the state. for the state.
- </c> current state, it's nowhere near close. current state, it's nowhere near close.
- So that's a state program.
- So that's a state program.
- So that's a state program.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gender-affirming care medications are being banned in states across the country.
- The regime in Washington wants to erase all right to make decisions about our own bodies.
- In fact, 44 states... ...all 50 states, an outlier in this area.
- In fact, 44 states in this country only print the party affiliation on a public ballot.
- coming from all over the state as far west as Walpole.
Summary:
The Senate considered a series of amendments to a supplemental appropriations bill and related measures, with several adopted and several rejected or withdrawn. Early amendments on equitable approaches to public safety and a Holyoke local account clarification failed, while amendments providing $2.5 million for Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers technical assistance and expanding access to gender-affirming medications and mifepristone were adopted. The chamber also adopted a technical amendment on alternative protein grants, a clarification to ETF modernization, and an energy storage systems amendment. Other proposals on homeowner protections, La Casa funding, emergency contract reform, an energy dashboard, EV charging ratepayer impacts, hate crimes, distressed hospital payments, and task force membership were rejected or withdrawn.
A substantial portion of the debate focused on health care, food assistance, and public safety. Senators spoke in support of funding for community health centers, hospital relief, and EBT anti-skimming protections, including $15.5 million for chip-enabled EBT cards and related replacement-benefit support. One amendment to strengthen protections against impersonating federal officers was rejected, while another on professional protections was withdrawn after discussion of ballot address privacy and security concerns. The Senate also adopted amendments to continue prior appropriations for a North Shore food pantry and drought management efforts, and it later approved a sick leave bank for a Department of Mental Health employee.
The chamber then took up the fiscal year 2025 fair share supplemental budget conference report, which Ways and Means described as $1.39 billion in spending split between transportation and education, including MBTA improvements, Chapter 90 aid, regional transit authorities, special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, and career technical education capital grants. After a roll call, the bill passed, with one recorded negative vote. The Senate also adopted a separate Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to third reading before final passage. The session ended with adjournment motions and a moment of silence honoring Melissa and Mark Hortman and other victims of political violence, along with a memorial adjournment for firefighter Jeffrey DeSanchez.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- How many states already do this? Mr.
- Diaz, I believe there are five states that allow it as a method.
- I also want to state that Arizona's prison population includes many veterans.
- Reentry has been funded by the state in some capacity since FY22.
- So this has been a very good investment on behalf of the state.
Committee:
House House Judiciary Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 1655, which would have allowed qualified jurors to substitute temporary election work for jury service if summoned 90 to 120 days before an election. The Arizona Association of Counties opposed the bill, saying the timing would create major planning problems for county jury commissioners and courts, and that a better approach would be to excuse jury service only when election work overlaps the summons period. Members raised concerns about jury shortages, training, and whether the bill mixed two very different civic duties. The motion for a due pass recommendation failed on a 4-5 vote.
The committee then heard SB 1751 and SCR 1049, identical measures to expand Arizona’s execution methods to include firing squad and lethal gas, with the choice left to the person sentenced to death. Senator Payne argued the change was needed because Arizona has had repeated problems with hangings, gas chambers, and lethal injection, and said the firing squad option would be more reliable. Opponents, including a death penalty attorney and a corrections chaplain/former officer, argued the bill would increase suffering, litigation, costs, and trauma for corrections staff, and that the state should instead improve existing lethal injection procedures or reconsider the death penalty itself. After debate, both measures received due pass recommendations, with several members explaining split or reluctant votes.
The committee next considered a strike-everything amendment to SB 1317 that would appropriate opioid settlement remediation funds for county coordinated reentry planning services and a statewide database. Supporters from the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association and county sheriffs said the county jail reentry programs have reduced recidivism, helped people find housing and work, and should be expanded to more counties, with the database needed to track outcomes. Members asked about data, funding levels, and whether the opioid settlement money would be sufficient, but generally supported the concept. The strike-everything amendment was adopted, and SB 1317 as amended received a due pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote.
Finally, the committee heard SB 1656, which would change court procedures for appointing professional personnel in family court cases. A court representative’s written concerns were read into the record, arguing the bill duplicated existing practice, would add unnecessary depositions and recording requirements, could raise costs, and included provisions that were already available under current law. With no bill sponsor or outside speakers present to address those concerns, members expressed uncertainty and the bill failed to receive a due pass recommendation on a 3-6 vote. The meeting ended with closing remarks thanking members and staff for the session.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- How many states already do this? Mr.
- Diaz, I believe there are five states that allow it as a method.
- Reentry has been funded by the state in some capacity since FY22.
- So this has been a very good investment on behalf of the state.
- And the state has something that the counties need, and now is money.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
reentry programs, criminal justice, funding, grants, recidivism, attorney general, jury duty, election worker, Arizona Revised Statutes, temporary appointment, civic duty, family court, professional personnel, parenting time, legal decision-making, evidentiary hearings, child custody, ethical standards, capital punishment, death penalty
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- and our rural parts of our state meet together.
- I respect the county folks for the state.
- I understand why... ...agriculture in the state of Idaho.
- So we had the State Tax Commission had a decision.
- So we had the State Tax Commission had a decision.
Summary:
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee heard House Bill 823, which would preserve county fair boards as governing boards in counties that reach a population threshold, while grandfathering Ada and Canyon counties under their current arrangements. Representative Dygert and several supporters, including fair board members, the Idaho Farm Bureau, and others tied to fairs and 4-H/FFA, argued that governing fair boards help protect agricultural heritage, youth programs, and local expertise, and that the bill would maintain the status quo for counties that currently use governing boards. The Idaho Association of Counties opposed the bill, saying counties should retain flexibility to choose advisory boards and that the 200,000-population cutoff was arbitrary and could create future inconsistency. After debate, the committee first failed a substitute motion to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation, then voted to hold House Bill 823 in committee.
The committee then took up House Bill 843, which would eliminate proration of the homeowners exemption and align the statute with prior legislative intent and court rulings. Representative Manwaring explained that the bill would ensure taxpayers receive the exemption for the full year if they qualify at any point during the year, removing proration language that had led to disputes. With no questions or opposition raised, the committee moved House Bill 843 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- City councils throughout this state right now also operate in a hybrid fashion.
- in our state.
- And it has done so, and has been settled law of the United States since 1935.
- The Enough Act has been a model in the state of Maryland, with an investment of $25 million of state
- We have less open space than any other community in the state.
Summary:
The Senate considered a large number of amendments to an economic development bill and adopted them one by one, with repeated brief recesses as members finalized language. Early amendments made permanent the option for hybrid public meetings and added procedures for alleged open meeting law violations, authorized speed camera enforcement in school and construction safety zones, and created a retirement credit option for part-time teachers who reduced hours to care for children. Other adopted amendments updated gateway municipality designations every three years, capped ticket resale prices and banned speculative “ghost tickets,” and addressed vulnerable road users, crumbling concrete, and a fund for seasonal communities housing.
Members also approved amendments to create a new framework for responding to crimes against women, including better investigation of staged suicides and adding sex and gender to the hate crimes statute; to establish a trigger law protecting private-sector labor organizing rights if federal labor law is weakened; to create a bottom-up “Enough Act” fund to fight poverty; to allow airport restaurants and bars at Logan to operate during flight hours; and to protect seniors and adults with disabilities from financial scams by allowing temporary delays of suspicious transactions and reporting to protective agencies. Additional housing-related amendments were adopted for rural communities, residential PACE financing, and a five-community tenant opportunity to purchase pilot program. A Senate Ways and Means amendment was then adopted, the substitute draft was applied to the underlying bill, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed.
The chamber also adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The Senate then adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- And as the finding states, we need to discuss whether or not how they're going to repay this money.
- And if you don't mind, just for the record, if you'll state your name and an affiliation, the reason
- Please state your name and affiliation for the record, and then we'll gladly listen to your statement
- The United States Postal Service confirmed that the money order had been cashed.
- Will both our guests at the end of the table please state your name and affiliation for the record?
Summary:
The committee first approved a motion by voice vote, then received updates on delinquent private water and sewer reports. For the 2012 reports, staff said five additional 2024 reports had been received since the December meeting, bringing the total to 17 with escrow funds released and 26 still escrowed. For the 2023 delinquent reports, two more had come in, leaving five outstanding; both reports were filed without objection.
The committee then focused on Act 709 repayment issues for the town of Daisy. Audit staff said Daisy had made unauthorized payments to a nonprofit and had used restricted street funds for fire-related expenses, and that the town had not yet adopted the required repayment ordinance. Mayor Lisa Cogburn said the council had not approved repayment because members disputed the amount, though she said the town had funds to pay. After discussion about the audit calculations and statutory repayment requirements, the committee adopted a motion requiring 10% repayment of the street fund under the statute and providing that failure to comply would result in withholding turnback funds. The Daisy report was then filed.
The committee reviewed numerous additional audit findings from cities, counties, and water departments. Several local officials appeared and described corrective steps, including reconciliation work in Harrison and Carroll County, revenue-code corrections in Izard County, monthly bond-pending reviews in Alexander, fixed-asset documentation and receipt procedures in the town of 56, and bookkeeping/receipt improvements in Ozan and Lee County. Some matters were deferred, including several private water and sewer reports and Green Forest, while others were filed. Reports involving more serious issues were referred to the prosecuting attorney and Attorney General, including Bull Shoals, Lone Oak County, Beaver, Central City, Gravette, Ralston Water Department, Thornton Waterworks, and others. The committee also filed 19 reports with resolved findings and 53 reports with no findings, and adjourned with the next meeting set for February 12, 2026.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Jan 8th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- She'll come to the end of the table, and, you know, as the finding states, we need to discuss whether
- And if you don't mind, just for the record, if you'll state your name and affiliation, the reason you're
- Please state your name and affiliation for the record.
- Please state your name and affiliation for the record, and then we'll gladly listen to your statement
- The United States Postal Service confirmed that the money order had been cashed.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> integration, excuse me, with state integration, excuse me, with state financial<00:08:50.200><c>
- </c> meets the needs of New Hampshire State meets the needs of New Hampshire State Police<00:10:02.160
- </c> Keen and across the state in Newport. Keen and across the state in Newport.
- The state police will be through. The state police will be staying<00:36:53.119><c> there.
- </c> there's any repayment to the state. there's any repayment to the state.
Committee:
Senate Capital Budget
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The state needs more money.
- </c> do um as state legislators from a state do um as state legislators from a state law<02:17:49.359
- </c> this state? this state?
- </c> happened in our state. happened in our state.
- </c> the people of the state of Minnesota. the people of the state of Minnesota.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> are not a state agency we're not state are not a state agency we're not state employees<00:06:51.160
- have</c><00:10:33.519><c> been</c> the state the state funds have been the state the state funds have
- Many places are 24/7 operation as well, too, like Mount Washington State Park is operated year-round,
- the state.
- the state.
Summary:
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work.
Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow.
Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money.
On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- State Police also has executive security and state house security, and the peer unit.
- That is one thing that this state currently doesn't have that other states do have.
- Department of State.
- Department of State.
- the state.
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met for an opening/orientation session in which members introduced themselves and explained their interest in the committee. Several members noted backgrounds in trucking, piloting, boating, motorcycles, road safety, or constituent concerns about transportation issues. The chair also noted several absent members and said the committee would first hear agency presentations before covering committee procedures.
The Department of Safety gave the main presentation, outlining its seven divisions and how they relate to transportation policy and the Highway Fund. The assistant commissioner emphasized that Highway Fund revenue supports both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Safety, with collections coming largely from the road toll/gas tax, DMV fees, and the new electric vehicle surcharge. He also noted that 12% of Highway Fund revenues go to local road repair through the DOT Betterment Fund, and warned that the fund has had a structural deficit for several biennia, requiring General Fund transfers that may be uncertain this session. He said the department aims to provide data and fiscal context on legislation and fiscal notes.
State Police then provided a detailed overview of its structure and operations, including the Operations Bureau, Investigative Services Bureau, and Justice Information Bureau. Testimony highlighted Troop G’s role in vehicle inspections, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, fraud investigations, and consumer complaint handling, as well as statewide staffing shortages. The division reported rising calls for service, motor vehicle stops, DWI arrests, and other arrests despite a vacancy rate of about 17%. It also described aviation, K-9, bomb squad, special events response, SWAT, narcotics, major crime, forensic laboratory, and other specialized units, with statistics on drug seizures, investigations, and lab workload. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/23/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the state chairman.
- </c><01:59:59.239><c> aren't</c> states to regulate some states aren't states to regulate some states
- I like to use the example of Colorado and Washington, other states that moved forward and allowed people
- States in state after state with legal States in state after state with legal cannabis<03:44:20.239><
- what other states are doing.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- states, and vice versa.
- It is stated. It is very clear that counties... It is stated.
- in the United States?
- It's stated in the bill.
- State rep. You were a local mayor. Now you're a state rep.
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met on August 19, 2025, to consider ACA 8, SB 280, and an informational hearing on AB 604. The meeting began with several failed motions to adjourn, to read public comments into the record, and to recess so members could review the roughly 16,000 public comments submitted through the committee portal. The chair emphasized the hearing’s expedited format, transparency measures, and rules limiting witness testimony, and noted a letter from Speaker Rivas authorizing Assemblymember Berman to present ACA 8.
ACA 8, described by supporters as the “Election Rigging Response Act,” would place before voters a temporary congressional redistricting plan tied to AB 604 and triggered only if another state, especially Texas, adopts a partisan mid-decade redistricting. Supporters, including Assemblymember Berman, labor groups, CTA, Planned Parenthood affiliates, SEIU, and other allied organizations, argued the measure was a response to partisan gerrymandering elsewhere and a defense of democracy, with voters having the final say in a November 4, 2025 special election. Opponents, including current and former redistricting commissioners, good-government groups, business and taxpayer organizations, and many members of the public, argued the proposal undermines California’s independent redistricting model, was rushed without adequate public review, could cost roughly $200 million or more, and would invite litigation and partisan manipulation.
The committee also debated a proposed amendment that would bar legislators who voted for ACA 8 from later running for Congress in districts adopted under the measure. After extended procedural disputes, the committee voted to lay the amendment on the table. The hearing then continued with extensive public testimony, overwhelmingly divided between strong support and strong opposition, but the transcript provided does not show a final committee vote on ACA 8 or SB 280 before the excerpt ends.