Transcript Highlights:

• He said everything is on budget and on time, and that the veterans are currently housed at the Enterprise
• basically for the JROTC program, it would allow these kids not to be confined within necessarily a school zone
• basically for the JROTC program, it would allow these kids not to be confined within necessarily a school zone
• Basically, for the JROTC program, it would allow these kids not to be confined within necessarily a school zone

Bills: HB33 , HB35 , HB274 , HB56 , HB287 , SB229 , SB201 , SB216 , HB33 , HB35 , HB274 , HB56 , HB287 , SB229 , SB201 , SB216

Committee: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• What are your thoughts on bonding targets, and is there any concern about the Mooney bond income tax
• We've got time for one more. voting on bonding bills. But here where voting on bonding bills.
• </c> um the forecast assumptions of a bonding um the forecast assumptions of a bonding bill<00:09:20.399
• </c><00:09:47.279><c> bill</c> real desire uh to move on a bonding bill real desire uh to move on a bonding
• </c> and while I think a number of the zoning and while I think a number of the zoning reforms<00:21:

Transcript Highlights:

• The Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement Toll Facility bond retirement account, which was included in 6352
• Please amend this legislation to include 75-year bonding authorization for Sound Transit.
• This bonding authority will allow Sound Transit to move forward on these light rail projects.
• We respectfully request that you amend HB 2711 to allow Sound Transit to access longer bonding terms.
• We urge you to support HB 2711 and strengthen it by adding this bonding authority.

Bills: HB2495

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicles, streetcar operation, public safety, urban regulation, transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• There was some language in there, reference to the urban enterprise... Appealed that.
• There was some language in there, reference to the urban enterprise zones, associations of water management

Transcript Highlights:

• Nonprofit home developers like Habitat for Humanity, Self-Help Enterprises, and others are prohibited
• Nonprofit home developers like Habitat for Humanity, Self-Help Enterprises, and others are prohibited
• the contractual provisions with the nonprofits themselves, but we do sell these with inclusionary zoned
• the contractual provisions with the nonprofits themselves, but we do sell these with inclusionary zoned
• This is fully consistent with existing housing element obligations, including requirements to zone for

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing met without a quorum at first and operated as a subcommittee, then later established a quorum and took up several housing-related bills. Early presentations included AB 2390, a cleanup bill on housing streamlining and project modifications, which was described as clarifying that minor and subsequent modifications are reviewed under the standards in effect when the original application was filed; there was no opposition, and the bill was moved on a due pass motion but held on call for absent members. AB 1890, which would increase state matching support for Napa County farmworker housing centers from $250,000 to $500,000 annually and extend the program through 2036, drew strong support from Napa County officials, the Farm Bureau, hospitals, and vintners, and was also moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 956, an ADU bill allowing more flexibility in how accessory dwelling units are built and clarifying application of ADU law in common interest developments, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from the League of California Cities over density, infrastructure, and local control concerns; the committee discussed amendments to avoid triggering density bonus law, then passed the bill as amended to Local Government, with some members expressing reservations or abstaining. The consent calendar, including AB 739, AB 2162, AB 2320, and AB 2692, was also acted on and held on call for absent members. Later, the committee heard AB 939, which would remove a 180-day resale restriction for certain income-restricted ownership units when a nonprofit affordable housing organization is ready to buy and sell them to qualified low-income buyers. Supporters, including Habitat for Humanity and California YIMBY, said the bill would reduce vacancy, carrying costs, and delays in getting affordable homes to buyers; the California Association of Realtors opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could limit buyer choice, codify first-right-of-refusal provisions, and reduce wealth-building opportunities. Members questioned those concerns, and the author said amendments were being worked on; the bill was moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 1165, the California Housing Justice Act, would require state housing agencies to develop a fiscal analysis and long-term financial plan for ending homelessness and addressing housing affordability; it received broad support from supportive housing, civil rights, and homelessness organizations, with no opposition filed, and was moved to Appropriations and held on call. AB 1184, an HOA transparency bill requiring more notice and access around litigation and recordings, was moved to Judiciary after discussion about whether it duplicated existing HOA law and whether the proposed amendments were too broad. AB 2035, a narrowly tailored bill for Laguna Woods Village to lower the vote threshold needed to petition a court to amend outdated CC&Rs, was supported as a one-time fix and moved to Judiciary. Finally, AB 1573, pulled from consent, would add survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to housing element target populations; supporters said these groups are overrepresented among people experiencing housing instability and should be explicitly included in local housing planning.

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• </c><00:20:33.240><c> or</c> the firste cost of unapproved bonded or the firste cost of unapproved bonded
• </c><00:35:40.520><c> or</c> proposed by bonds or proposed by bonds or notes<00:35:42.400><c> I'm</c>
• </c> opinion is because when if you do bonds opinion is because when if you do bonds and<00:35:45.400
• bonds are actually sold after the voters approve the bond anyway, but we could at least estimate those
• </c> it's an estimate still because the bond it's an estimate still because the bond we<01:28:04.040>

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:

• What it does is it removes zoning changes as a reason to lift the valuation cap.
• , then the use would be evaluated, or the zoning would be evaluated.
• And I see this in what we just did with bonding for our roads.
• We just passed a bonding bill, but it doesn't address local road projects.
• We just passed a bonding bill, but it doesn't address local road projects.

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:

• assistance under the RISE Zone program and certain reporting requirements for the program.
• zone program.
• What's the total tax credit that is allowed in the budget for the enterprise zone program.
• Move the enterprise zone program. Move the committee<01:03:38.040><c> amendments.
• Land Use and Zoning Subcommittee may meet after the committee voting session in person. May meet.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's about legalizing residential development in commercial zones.
• Additional zoning reforms and leveraging existing infrastructure.
• So in Kent, we allow housing in all our commercial zones already.
• We do really appreciate the ground-floor retail in our TOD zones.
• It makes for clearer zoning, helps control cost, helps make it easier for us to get through the zoning

Bills: SB6018 , SB6026 , SB6027 , SB6028 , SB5937 , SB5938

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: housing, finance, commission, state funding, affordable housing, residential development, zoning reform, mixed-use zoning, commercial zones, Growth Management Act, GMA, state preemption, local land use, development regulations, ground-floor retail, ground-floor commercial, permit waiver, waiver process, density, urban growth area

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• My name is Bob Kill, and I'm the president and CEO of Enterprise Minnesota.
• The appropriation to Enterprise Minnesota has been in state statute since 2008 under the name GAP.
• The appropriation to Enterprise Minnesota has been in state statute since 2008 under the name GAP.
• The appropriation to Enterprise Minnesota has been in state statute since 2008 under the name GAP.
• The appropriation to Enterprise Minnesota has been in state statute since 2008 under the name GAP.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• on Ways and Means: The committee, to whom was referred the bill providing for the terms of certain bonds
• Third reading of the bill: An act providing for the terms of certain bonds for transportation purposes
• Let me tell you why these bonding authorizations matter.
• And, of course, the gentleman from West Springfield, the Chair of Bonding, ...for his steady hand in
• We also include a piece on mayoral zoning to allow a mayor in a city to initiate zoning proposals to

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• So, this is a tax-exempt bonding bill.
• So, this is a tax-exempt bonding bill.
• . bonds. bonds.
• </c> how private activity bonds are awarded. how private activity bonds are awarded.
• </c> states for how these bonds get awarded. states for how these bonds get awarded.

Bills: HF4234 , HF484 , HF483 , HF2614

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• She noted there is a process for that through the Bond Commission, LAC, and others that utilize bonds
• I think that's called free enterprise.
• with LAC and others that utilize bonds.
• It's something that I don't see a free enterprise capitalist nation doing.
• It's something that I don't see a free enterprise capitalist nation doing.

Bills: HR3 , HR80 , HB4 , HB172 , HB189 , HB623 , HB944 , HB1185 , HB1199 , HB1222 , SB105 , SB125 , SB461

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: housing assistance, state-owned property, cost-burdened, state employees, affordable housing, fiscal audit, higher education, public funds, underrepresented minorities, Board of Regents, Louisiana legislation, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, airport authority, fire protection, supplemental pay, public safety

Transcript Highlights:

• Actual work zone right in front of the speaker stand when you are sitting in the chair?
• You're becoming one of the biggest film zones in the United States.

Bills: SB835 , SB3070 , SB22 , SJR59 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB973 , SB974 , SB865 , SB506 , SB781 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB505 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB3073 , SB2920 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB2460 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB2595 , SB857 , SB37 , SB8 , SB10 , SB227 , SB261 , SB12 , SB15 , SJR27 , SB552 , SB835 , SB3070 , SB22 , SJR59 , SB25 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SB926 , SB1494 , SB251 , SB456 , SB500 , SB1307 , SB2615 , SB2995 , SB2321 , SB973 , SB974 , SB865 , SB506 , SB781 , SB1522 , SB1558 , SB510 , SB667 , SB763 , SB2073 , SB1858 , SB1660 , SB505 , SB2900 , SB1433 , SB1540 , SB1964 , SB1300 , SB1644 , SB2217 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1758 , SB2480 , SB3039 , SB3047 , SB3073 , SB2920 , SB2781 , SB826 , SB766 , SB2460 , SB527 , SB1946 , SB2885 , SB1243 , SB2610 , SB2595 , SB857 , SCR9 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB300 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323

Keywords: sexual abuse, nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, public policy, victim rights, lottery, bingo, regulation, Texas Lottery Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulation, criminal offenses, state administration, audits, transfers, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation

Transcript Highlights:

• In our bonding authority for general obligation bonds, and essentially that would give us the revenue
• So the bonds that have been issued up until now didn't require a vote of the people, correct?
• You cannot arbitrarily base the boundaries of a community on population or even county land use zones
• The bill allows a county, city, or town, or WSDOT to create an accident risk zone.
• and requires penalties for certain traffic infractions to be doubled if signs are posted in the zone

Summary: The committee heard several local government bills. Senate Bill 6181, sponsored by Senator Conway, would let county legislative authorities in certain large western Washington counties file a city incorporation petition without collecting resident signatures if the area is fully within an urban growth boundary and has more than 25,000 people. Supporters from Pierce County said the current signature requirement makes incorporation too difficult for large urban unincorporated areas like South Hill, while opponents argued the signature threshold is an important test of community support and raised concerns about boundaries, taxes, and the adequacy of the bill’s details. Senate Bill 6132 would give the Port of Moses Lake additional bonding authority tied to a tax increment financing area to help finish a rail project; the port said rising costs and a pending federal grant made the extra flexibility necessary. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6154, which would give local governments more flexibility in how they use hydraulic project approval permits for culvert replacement. Counties and cities testified that many emergency culvert repairs are expensive and that some sites provide little fish habitat benefit, so they want the option to redirect equivalent resources to higher-priority fish passage projects elsewhere in the watershed. A few commenters supported the bill as a practical way to improve habitat and flood resilience, while one remote witness objected to the broader legal framework for salmon habitat projects. Senate Bill 6189 would extend from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028 the deadline for creating an additional public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities; Olympia, Tumwater, and regional partners said they need more time to complete feasibility and coordination work for a proposed aquatic center. In executive session, the committee took action on several bills. It adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 6037 to Ways and Means, adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 5983 to Rules, and passed Senate Bills 5995 and 6013 to Rules without amendments. For Senate Bill 6066, the committee adopted an amendment into a new substitute and passed the bill to the Transportation Committee. The committee did not take action on Senate Bills 5820 or 6064.

Transcript Highlights:

• Household egg production was common across America until relatively recent zoning changes in the mid-
• Local governments retain zoning authority, health and safety enforcement, and nuisance enforcement.
• in Section 4 could be sold in our quiet residential areas, turning them into more of a business enterprise

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, we'll work with enterprise tax.
• So we'll start with the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax.
• So we'll start with the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax.
• ordinance, since it said change the zoning ordinance, when you change zoning ordinance, people are still
• , since it said change the zoning ordinance, when you change zoning ordinance, people are still grandfathered

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:

• about proxy voting and how it has come to disrupt a number of issues related to business and free enterprise
• Amendment number two reduces the school proximity zone from the area within 1,000 feet of a school property
• changes the requirement for setbacks of newly constructed wireless towers within a school proximity zone
• conditional use permit for construction of a new freestanding wireless tower in a school proximity zone
• I do appreciate that this bill creates the school proximity zone while still not prohibiting cell towers

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 750 by Rep. Cox, the “Click to Cancel Act,” regulating automatic renewal contracts. After adopting technical and substantive amendments, members discussed easier cancellation methods, reduced notice requirements, shorter record-retention periods, a 30-day cure period, small-business exemptions, and limiting damages to actual damages. The bill drew support from consumer advocates and opposition cards from industry groups, and it was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 259 by Rep. DeWitt addressed damage to underground infrastructure during BEAD-funded broadband excavation projects, requiring notice before digging and making contractors repair or pay for damage before final payment is released. An amendment added pre-construction coordination, a point of contact, and fault-based liability language. Members discussed rural utility damage, broadband buildout, and the need to protect small water systems; the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 220 by Rep. Schlegel, which requires covered platforms to maintain an easy-to-use reporting mechanism for child sexual abuse material and exploitation. After technical and clarifying amendments, the sponsor and members discussed scope, nonprofit and small-business exclusions, AG enforcement discretion, and concerns about clear-and-conspicuous placement. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Next, HB 830 by Rep. Wright required proxy advisors to disclose when anti-management recommendations are not based on written financial analysis and to provide that analysis when it exists. After amendments excluding certain affiliates and 501(c)(3) charities, the sponsor and a witness argued the bill was about transparency and fiduciary duty, while LASERS testified in opposition, saying the measure could make proxy advice unavailable and create a hardship for its internally managed portfolio. The bill was nonetheless reported favorably as amended. The committee also advanced HB 463 by Rep. McMakin, which raises the maximum local 9-1-1 service charge from $1.25 to $2.00, with an amendment requiring annual reporting and local governing authority approval; testimony explained the funding need for Next Generation 9-1-1, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Finally, the committee began HB 536 by Rep. Coates on wireless communication facilities near schools. After adopting technical and then lengthy substantive amendments narrowing the school proximity zone, adjusting setbacks, adding co-location and permit timing provisions, and clarifying uniform application, members raised concerns about whether the bill duplicated existing safety standards, could delay deployment, and whether it would apply only to new towers. The sponsor and a parent witness emphasized school safety and emergency planning, but discussion remained ongoing when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, for example, the city's allowable floor area is determined by zoning district, and within zoning
• </c> different allowances for the same zoning different allowances for the same zoning district<00:37
• </c> and issue county bonds for this purpose. and issue county bonds for this purpose.
• </c> you can give us some advice from bond you can give us some advice from bond counsel<01:25:30.480
• bonds that was authority?

Bills: HB1700

Committee: Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The joint committees heard several housing, land use, and infrastructure bills. HB 6019 HD2 on electric vehicle infrastructure and HB 1728 HD1 on rainwater catchment systems both drew limited testimony and were advanced. For HB 1728, the chairs said they would designate the Department of Health as the regulator and incorporate suggested technical amendments from plumbing and rainwater industry groups. Both measures were reported out with recommendations to pass, with HB 6019 passed unamended and HB 1728 passed with amendments. HB 1844, which would have required the Land Use Commission to reclassify lands designated for urban growth, drew significant opposition from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Sierra Club, who argued it would bypass land-use review and threaten agricultural land, water planning, and long-term resilience. Grassroot Institute supported the bill, and the Land Use Commission said the bill raised concerns. After discussion, the chairs deferred the measure in one committee and later the recommendation to pass it with amendments was not adopted in the other committee. HB 1990 on penalties and liens for unresolved residential zoning violations was advanced with amendments. The chairs adopted Grassroot Institute’s suggested changes requiring any county sale of such property to be at no less than fair market value and requiring excess proceeds to be returned to the owner. HB 2424, which would allow county planning agencies to petition for temporary reclassification of certain agricultural lands to rural, also drew mixed testimony; the Land Use Commission raised due process concerns, and agriculture interests opposed it. One committee advanced it with amendments, but in the other committee the recommendation failed after members cited lack of county support. The later portion of the hearing began on HB 1738 and HB 1739. HB 1738 would expand county authority to amend district boundaries for housing on parcels over 15 acres; OHA, Sierra Club, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau opposed it, while Grassroot Institute supported it. HB 1739 would require transit-supportive densities in county TOD areas and limit local restrictions; DPP raised concerns about timing, permitting, and conflicts with existing TOD frameworks, while OPSD and Grassroot supported it. The transcript cuts off before final action on these later bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• Good evening, Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Enterprise.
• Woods, all employees will be expected to vote for this year's bond.
• No bond work for you in Texas.
• So we want to focus on the About bonds.
• However, the Texas bond Review Board.

Bills: SB312 , SB945 , SB946 , SB1367 , SB1861 , SB2044 , SB2337 , SB2403 , SB2819 , SJR54

Committee: Senate State Affairs