Transcript Highlights:

• This is, I think, how legislation is supposed to work.
• So thank you for this good piece of legislation.
• That's why I proposed this last legislation.
• That's why I proposed this last legislation.
• You, our legislators, banned vaccine passports.

Bills: S0036 , S0620 , S0796 , S0934 , S1080 , S1096 , S1366 , S1536 , S1548 , S1580 , S1588 , S1620 , S1756 , S7034 , S7044

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition

Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.

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• </c><00:01:39.280><c> I</c> others from our legislative team. I others from our legislative team.
• </c><00:15:59.839><c> intent</c> uh to align with the legislative intent uh to align with the legislative
• And so um we're um of of legislation.
• Uh I specific legislative direction.
• Uh but particular uh legislation.

Bills: HF1587 , HF2293 , HF2218 , HF1208 , HF1482

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

Transcript Highlights:

• Betsy Ritzer, committee legislative assistant. I'm Molly Peterson, and I'm House DFL research.
• I'm here today with Dan Kitsberg, who is my legislative director.
• The third column were 2023 legislatively named grantees, and then at the bottom, the legislatively named
• The third column were 2023 legislatively named grantees, and then at the bottom, the legislatively named
• </c> progress on all those legislatively progress on all those legislatively named grantees<00:25:52.760

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We had to change our legislation. They had to change theirs in other states.
• </c> states have enacted similar legislation states have enacted similar legislation and<00:29:06.080
• He pointed out that prior legislators have promised this money.
• He pointed out that prior legislators have promised this money.
• We are left with what should be an obvious choice: legislate based on cold, hard data, or legislate for

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation of California, in support.
• Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation of California, opposed.
• Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation California, in support.
• This bill, AB 1685, is the first of two in my DUI legislative package.
• So we encourage legislators to look at that instead.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:31:51.720><c> intent</c> effective date to the legislative intent effective date to the legislative
• Like much of our work, I suppose this legislation balances conflicting rights.
• We should and do spend a lot of time in this building working to get legislation right.
• </c> legislation balances conflicting rights. legislation balances conflicting rights.
• </c> this building working to get legislation this building working to get legislation right.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• branch that wrote the legislative branch that wrote the legislation<00:17:48.720><c> through</c><00:
• So be careful legislation through you.
• legislation legislation repres repres repres so<00:21:22.880><c> in</c> The witness was asked whether
• </c><01:43:54.639><c> what</c> better than our state legislators what better than our state legislators
• Do the legislators on commissioners.

Bills: HB0066 , HJ0005 , HB0010

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, state agencies, regulatory interpretation, statutory interpretation, separation of powers, individual liberty, administrative procedure, agency action, Wyoming Supreme Court, district court review, oil and gas inspector, regulatory challenge, anti-deference, law enforcement, memorial, Patrolman Rosa

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• This will be the legislator only of that previous task force.
• </c><00:04:53.320><c> only</c> of that this will be the legislator only of that this will be the legislator
• I hope that kind of gives you a roundabout idea of what the legislation is.
• </c> contest because of evolving legislation contest because of evolving legislation this<01:27:10.159
• House Bill 4 proposes legislation which would jeopardize university funding.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression. Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement. The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment. Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.

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• Those cities are mentioned in some talking points, but not mentioned in the legislation.
• I appreciate the thought of this legislation being brought forward.
• I would like to remind us that last year, there were similar pieces of legislation that we couldn't get
• of those municipalities that is no longer listed and grandfathered into this particular piece of legislation
• But we don't want to hear that legislation.

Bills: HB3419 , HB3624 , HB3748 , HB4335

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: corruption, nonpublic information, government accountability, criminal law, public office, counties, property taxation, watercourse, boundaries, effective date, county government, administration, local resources, public institutions, construction, maintenance, animal welfare, pet shops, commercial breeders, county regulations

Transcript Highlights:

• So obviously we're assuming guilt and changing this piece of legislation.
• So we would remove all data if we just repealed this piece of legislation, right?
• because it costs almost $50,000 a day to convene the legislature, an extremely expensive way to legislate
• But I hope that this increase in reactionary legislating gives us all an opportunity to force us to hear
• each other better and work with each other better so that we don't spend so much money passing legislation

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I am from Legislative District 32, which is part of Bonneville County. I have a preference.
• And that's how all legislation is, right?
• And that's how all legislation is, right?
• They haven't sorted it out yet, so I'm really cautious about legislating something that's really not
• They haven't sorted it out yet, so I'm really cautious about legislating something that's really not

Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the minutes from March 13, 17, 18, 19, and 25. The committee then took up House Bill 864, which concerned kratom, and members discussed it alongside a Senate regulation bill. Testimony and comments reflected sharp disagreement: some members and the bill sponsor argued kratom should be treated as a dangerous, addictive substance and favored a Schedule 1-style ban, while others said the issue is not fully studied, regulation may be preferable to an outright ban, and they wanted to see what the Senate bill would contain before acting further. The sponsor also criticized the Senate regulation approach as insufficient and said it would legitimize a harmful product. A substitute motion to send HB 864 to the floor without recommendation failed on a roll call vote, 5-11. The committee then voted 14-2 to hold HB 864 in committee subject to call of the chair, leaving the bill pending while the Senate action on related kratom legislation develops. Members noted that the committee may meet again later depending on when related bills are transmitted and assigned. At the end of the meeting, the committee recognized its page, who said she plans to attend nursing school and thanked the committee for the experience. The chair presented her with a gift and a letter of recommendation, and then adjourned the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• This legislation is very simple. It amends Idaho Code 50... This legislation is very simple.
• This legislation improves access to natural health care for all Idahoans who choose to seek it.
• This legislation does not grant any new privileges and restricts the scope of naturopathic doctors to
• Thank you for your consideration of this legislation, and I'll stand for questions.
• So, the department does know about this legislation.

Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard several RS introductions and one House bill. RS 33393, by Sen. Van Orden, would create an audit/transparency process related to residential habilitation and provider rate increases; after clarification that it was the audit piece only, the committee voted to send it to print by voice vote. RS 33404, presented by a University of Idaho law student for Sen. Anthon, would allow pharmacists to seek voluntary dual licensure as naturopathic doctors; it was sent to print. RS 33355, by Sen. Blaylock, would restructure Health and Welfare oversight by eliminating administrative regions, regional directors, the Board of Health and Welfare, and regional behavioral health boards; despite concerns from Sen. Wintrow about losing advisory capacity, it was sent to print. RS 33406 would require hospitals to provide clearer, bundled labor-and-delivery pricing information, and RS 33419 would update newborn screening exemption language to align with existing vaccine exemptions; both were sent to print without opposition. The committee then heard House Bill 555, a rewrite of the Idaho Solid Waste Code, presented by Rep. Weber with testimony from Nate Francisco of the Idaho Solid Waste Association. The bill would move solid waste regulatory authority from health districts to the Department of Environmental Quality, with supporters citing greater expertise, statewide consistency, fewer conflicts of interest, and user-fee funding for DEQ’s added responsibilities. Members asked about impacts on septic systems, public health protections, and federal primacy under RCRA; the presenters said the bill concerns municipal solid waste, preserves public health and safety, and is intended to maintain Idaho’s primacy. The committee voted to send HB 555 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

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• This legislation modernizes the existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to ensure
• This legislation modernizes the existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to ensure
• This legislation gives the public a simple, voluntary way to support and honor the fallen.
• This legislation gives the public a simple, voluntary way to support and honor the fallen.
• She's legislative director for the Fraternal Order of Police. The FOP, yes.

Summary: The Transportation Committee met and considered several transportation-related bills, including multiple honorary roadway designations, specialty license plates, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles agency measures. SB 628, by Senator Gates, designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor three sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack; it passed favorably without debate. SB 174, by Senator Rodriguez, designated part of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. Senator Arrington spoke in opposition, citing Kirk’s controversial public statements, while Senator Rodriguez said the bill honored civic participation rather than ideology; the bill passed favorably. SB 388, by Senator Arrington, raised the annual use fee for the Florida wildflower specialty license plate from $15 to $25, with an exception for certain fleet purchases, to support conservation and education programs; it received supportive public comment and passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 470 by Senator Wright, which opens the existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to the general public and allows a redesign to increase sales and funding for law enforcement memorial efforts. A representative of the FOP testified in support, explaining that the memorial benefits fallen officers’ families. SB 584, by Vice Chair Avala, authorizes DHSMV and county tax collectors to enter agreements allowing local enforcement of certain commercial driving school laws, aimed at reducing fraud and improving oversight; it passed favorably with supportive comments from lobbyists. The committee then took up DHSMV agency package bills: SB 488, which updates motor fuel tax and vehicle-related provisions, including IFTA compliance, online filing, higher crash-reporting thresholds, and email communications; and SB 490, the companion public records exemption for email addresses used under SB 488. Both were reported favorably, with SB 490 noted as requiring a two-thirds vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded missed votes in the affirmative on SB 628, SB 174, and SB 388. The committee then adjourned without objection.

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• So be watching for piece of legislation.
• </c><01:09:56.239><c> and</c> you've got to look at legislation and you've got to look at legislation
• I the next legislative session. Okay.
• </c> it is always dangerous when legislation it is always dangerous when legislation is<01:19:31.760>

Keywords: 916, all

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• Uh a U Municipal Legislative Commission.
• ><c> undermine</c><00:23:36.159><c> those</c> legislation threatens to undermine those legislation threatens
• Munipal Legislative communities.
• ><c> key</c> This legislation maintains the key This legislation maintains the key components<01:35:38.480

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:40:13.760><c> over</c><00:40:14.599><c> have</c> things we legislate over have things we legislate
• What is new legislation that you're hoping to bring forth to us, specific legislation that you're hoping
• that</c> forth to us specific legislation that forth to us specific legislation that you're<01:13:35.800
• She said as legislators, we need to be able to do that.
• She said as legislators, we need to be able to do that.

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We're supposed to appropriate all the money in the legislative branch, and this just kind of makes sure
• time, so if there are situations that we didn't recognize and we do feel that there needs to be legislative
• This legislation did put in a limit not to exceed ten million dollars for any fiscal year, but it also
• who are willing... ...be submitted along with that change, as well as the names of legislators who are
• willing to sponsor that legislation.

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee approved the minutes from its March 5, 2026 meeting, then took up several bills dealing with budget process and appropriations rules. House Bill 834, by Representative Monks, would have set a timeline for liquidating carryover encumbrances, but after concerns about flexibility, the sponsor asked that it be sent to General Orders for possible adjustment. The committee agreed and sent HB 834 to General Orders. House Bill 835, also by Representative Monks, addressed non-cognizable expenses that arise when the Legislature is not in session. Monks said the bill would keep the executive branch able to spend in limited circumstances while better aligning with the constitution, including a $10 million annual cap with exceptions for emergencies, certain construction-related federal funds, and tuition-related costs. After questions about past instances exceeding the cap, the committee voted to send HB 835 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, with Monks to carry the bill. House Bill 836, by Representative Ehlers, was withdrawn from the agenda and then held in committee by motion. House Bill 837, also by Ehlers, proposed a calculated reduction approach based on agencies’ historical personnel spending, but the sponsor asked to have it returned to him; the committee agreed. The related RS 33663, which changed one provision from “shall” to “may” to give the Appropriations Committee more flexibility, was introduced and recommended to the Second Reading Calendar. Finally, House Bill 838, by Representative Petzke, would require the governor’s budget submission to include draft policy bills and sponsor names whenever a budget item requires statutory changes, and to include draft budget language when needed; the committee sent HB 838 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to our second meeting already of the Senate Standing Committee on Labor for the 2026 legislative
• We've had capital audience legislation.
• We were talking seven years ago; we had former worker legislation, historic legislation.
• We've passed legislation on staffing ratios several times.
• We have, by far, the greatest legislative staff of any state labor federation in the country: Mike Nidal

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Labor met for its second meeting of the 2026 session, with Chair Senator Ramos welcoming members and inviting Mario Celento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, to speak. Celento thanked the committee for its past labor-related work and outlined the AFL-CIO’s priorities for the session, including fixing Tier 6 public pensions, responsible regulation of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, child care, staffing ratios in health care, housing-related labor standards, prevailing wage and project labor agreements, and protecting workers from federal actions affecting unions, organizing, OSHA, and collective bargaining. The committee then took up six bills. It reported Senate Bill 372A, relating to labor law and establishing certain notices, by a vote with one nay and an abstention. Senate Bill 681, concerning fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of applicants, was reported with one nay. Senate Bill 1514, relating to support orders for a police classification, was reported unanimously. Senate Bill 4424A, the anti-labor of women rights bill, was reported with abstentions. Senate Bill 4479, requiring the Workers’ Compensation Board and Department of Labor to publish a list of DRMDs as open data, was reported unanimously. Senate Bill 7776A, relating to an act for a thinkless servant form act, was also reported with abstentions. All six bills were moved to the calendar, and the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• A message from Her Excellency the Governor, recommending legislation to manage federal tax changes in
• Lovely for legislation relative to students accessing food and nutritional information to the Committee
• Lovely for legislation to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program for certain children to
• Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix, an employee of the Department
• Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix, an employee of the Department

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and quickly took up several routine matters. Members adopted a congratulatory resolution for Anna Karaza on her 100th birthday after suspending the rules. The Governor’s message on legislation to manage federal tax changes in Massachusetts, House No. 4975, was referred to the Committee on Revenue. The House also concurred in a Senate petition on a celiac disease screening pilot program, and Joint Rule 12 was suspended for that petition and for a separate sick leave bank bill for Sonia Felix. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended several local bills for consideration, including bills on Boston police age requirements for Antonio Pires and Cheryl Malice, a bridge naming in New Bedford, a Wellesley tax deferral bill, and a Westwood charter bill. The House suspended Rule 7A as needed, gave second readings, and ordered the bills to third reading. It then passed to be enacted engrossed bills amending the Provincetown charter, establishing an appointed town clerk in Avon, and authorizing a Westwood alcohol license reissuance and new license. The House also observed a moment of silence for Joseph Crowley Jr. of Woburn, honoring his long service to the community and school committee. Later, the chamber passed several bills to be engrossed, including Boston police age-waiver bills for Pierre Charles Darius and Kenny Gatow, a Plainville charter amendment, and a Sandwich charter bill. The Sandwich bill was amended on the floor by Representative Walsh before being engrossed. The House then recessed and later adjourned to meet the next day in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• A message from Her Excellency the Governor recommending legislation to manage federal tax changes in
• Lovely for legislation relative to students accessing food and nutritional information to the Committee
• Lovely for legislation to establish a celiac disease screening pilot program for certain children to
• Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix, an employee of the Department
• Cabral for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix, an employee of the Department

Keywords: 1212, all