Transcript Highlights:

• There is no alternative that can provide even close comparisons.
• </c> close uh comparisons.
• You can get close close uh comparisons.
• I'm not going to pound the gavel, but try to keep it as close to that as you can.
• </c> gavvel, but uh try to keep it as close gavvel, but uh try to keep it as close to<01:17:28.719><c

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• That is our primary mission.
• </c><01:31:03.920><c> and</c> I implore this body to look closely and I implore this body to look closely
• We'll close the Okay. Thank you.
• Thank you, Representative Griman for<01:41:32.960><c> closing.
• I'm very, very close with my VSO inside my county. Uh, we are very close friends.

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> With that, I'm going to close the hearing on 1561, and we will start the next hearing at the set
• He said he is with that and is going to close the hearing.
• I'm going to close this hearing and thank the department for coming and helping.
• This hearing is closed. The next hearing is starting at quarter after, and that we're on right now.
• Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> With that, I'm going to close the hearing on this bill 1099, and

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Again improving closing to look at.
• What gaps are we trying to close?
• </c> gaps are we trying to close? gaps are we trying to close?
• And by the way, we’re close to that 4-year degree again.
• </c><00:42:47.760><c> gaps</c> Which is one of the ways you close gaps Which is one of the ways you close

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Postsecondary Education Committee held its first-ever meeting and first meeting of the session, with Chairman Tipton outlining committee procedures, attendance rules, and the process for submitting committee substitutes. After a roll call confirmed full attendance, the committee heard a presentation from Senator David Givens on the history and purpose of Kentucky’s performance-based funding model for postsecondary education. Givens said the model was created to replace an older “shares” approach that distributed funds based largely on prior-year allocations, and argued the new system better aligns funding with student success and the state’s long-term educational attainment goals. Council for Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson and CPE staff then explained the model in more detail. They said the system was designed to address long-standing funding disparities among institutions, reward outcomes such as degrees, credit-hour progression, and completion in high-demand fields, and support the state’s “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of Kentuckians hold a postsecondary credential by 2030. Thompson said Kentucky is now at 56.2% attainment, above the national average, and highlighted gains in graduation and retention rates, lower student borrowing, and improved completion outcomes. He also emphasized that the model is part of a broader strategy that includes affordability, adult learners, low-income students, and wrap-around support services. CPE staff described the work group process that developed and periodically revises the model, noting that the General Assembly created the framework in House Bill 303 and later enacted Senate Bill 153 and Senate Bill 191 to codify changes. They explained that in 2016 the legislature carved out about 5% of institutional budgets, roughly $43 million, to be redistributed through the new model, and that the model has been reviewed every three years with changes made each time. Recent revisions included increasing the student-success weight, adding a premium for low-income students, creating a premium for adult learners, and redefining underrepresented students as first-generation college students. No votes were taken at this meeting, and the committee adjourned after the informational presentation and discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• /c><00:01:24.560><c> public</c><00:01:24.920><c> safety</c> So, what we’re going to do is work as closely
• The primary difference is the first section that you see on page one of the amendment.
• So,<01:27:02.640><c> in</c><01:27:02.720><c> closing,</c><01:27:03.080><c> I'll</c><01:27:03.160><c>
• note</c><01:27:03.400><c> that</c><01:27:03.840><c> the</c><01:27:03.960><c> bill</c> So, in closing,
• Chairman, looking at this a little more closely, that does cross-reference the new proposed section 1

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year. The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight. The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.

Transcript Highlights:

• I will uh close the hearing on HB 1074.
• I will uh close the Not seeing anybody.
• </c> close community. close community.
• </c> guides wanting to keep this closed guides wanting to keep this closed quarters,<05:01:13.520><c>
• </c><05:25:17.920><c> the</c> else to testify, so I will close the else to testify, so I will close the

Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And with that, I close the committee and close the public hearing on House Bill 56.
• Seeing none, I will close the public hearing.
• Seeing none, I hereby close public hearing.
• And with that, I close the executive session.
• The chair: I close the executive session.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Providers will be forced to reduce services or close programs.
• Properties services or close programs.
• Not seeing any uh closing &gt;&gt; All right.
• In closing,<01:15:51.040><c> applicants</c><01:15:51.520><c> and</c><01:15:51.840><c> and</c> closing
• I want to close long-term public costs.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> So, I would like to work with you closely to see how we can really ensure there's a robust program
• to 4,000 members and supporters in close to 4,000 members and supporters in Hawaii.<00:57:34.640><c>
• Um, and also I'm just going to close with mentioning involving county and state and major development
• </c><01:31:45.360><c> with</c> Um and also I'm just going to close with Um and also I'm just going to
• close with um<01:31:47.040><c> mentioning</c> um mentioning um mentioning um um um so so so um<01:31

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committees heard testimony on HB 1872, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program to help early childhood providers participate in approved apprenticeship programs, require annual reporting, and appropriate funds. Testifiers in support included the University of Hawaiʻi, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the City and County of Honolulu, Commit to Keiki, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, the Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks, Parents for Public Schools of Hawaiʻi, and Kīʻoka Family Learning Centers. Supporters said the bill would reduce financial barriers, strengthen recruitment and retention, improve compensation and career pathways, and help address child care shortages and workforce instability. The committee then voted to pass HB 1872 with amendments, including an HD1 and a defective date to allow further discussion. The committee next took up HB 2489, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi to establish a bachelor’s degree program in American Sign Language interpretation, with a longer-term plan for a master’s program. Testimony in support came from the Disability Communication Access Board and the University of Hawaiʻi, and members also heard detailed support from DECAP and other advocates describing a statewide shortage of ASL interpreters, long waiting lists for ASL courses, and the need for locally trained interpreters who understand Hawaiʻi’s cultural and community needs. Witnesses said the shortage affects schools, courts, hospitals, emergency services, and other settings, and that the program could be expanded through articulation with other campuses. The committee voted to pass HB 2489 with amendments, again using an HD1 and defective date. After those two measures, the committee moved to HB 441 on campus safety, which would require students, including transfer students, to complete training on federal laws and university policies regarding sexual misconduct before initial registration and would change how often training is provided to students and employees. The University of Hawaiʻi stood on its written testimony, while supporters including IMUA Alliance and other testifiers urged passage, citing survivor experiences, national best practices, and the need for prevention before harm occurs. No vote on HB 441 was reached in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Their primary responsibility is the enforcement of our state laws.
• We're pretty close, right?
• That doesn't even begin to come close to it.
• That doesn't even begin to come close to it.
• . we average approximately closed without any discipline.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The rule provides under a closed rule.
• But I would close<03:04:51.520><c> with</c><03:04:51.760><c> this.
• </c> close with this. close with this.
• I will close with this.
• I thank I will close with this.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• [laughter] closing comments? Uh, no. I just thank closing comments? Uh, no.
• </c> what this bill is trying to do is close what this bill is trying to do is close the<00:32:12.000
• Any closing<01:14:42.719><c> comments?
• </c><01:46:17.679><c> these</c> empirical matter of if you close these empirical matter of if you close
• &gt;&gt; Closing<01:47:34.320><c> remarks.

Bills: HF3405 , HF3413 , HF3769 , HF3768 , HF3771 , HF3465

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Use of Force Investigations Unit, federal agents, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, officer-involved death, use of force, law enforcement accountability, police oversight, independent investigation, criminal sexual conduct, sexual assault, peace officers

Transcript Highlights:

• Was that not close enough? That's it.
• In October 2025, DHS froze payments to the ICS provider, and they closed.
• We have three primary teams that help us deliver on our statutory mission, which include our regional
• we're just going to close our doors we're just going to close our doors rather<00:55:58.200><c> than<
• </c> license setting subsequently did close. license setting subsequently did close.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• > Commission can I get rid of that just Commission can I get rid of that just say<00:08:09.479><c> close
• </c><00:08:09.720><c> all</c> say close all say close all update<00:08:11.680><c> all</c> update all
• and um to the extent we're that closely and um to the extent we're asking<00:37:51.480><c> what</c><
• </c><01:41:04.239><c> on</c><01:41:04.960><c> the</c> to us and I I do want to close on the to us and
• I I do want to close on the number<01:41:05.320><c> that</c><01:41:05.440><c> we</c><01:41:05.520><c

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Jones to close on the amendment.
• Turner to close. I move to table. Mr. Turner to close. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Shaheen to close on his amendment.
• Antsia to close. And she had to close. Hold on a second. Thank you, members.
• Shasteland to close. And I close. Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner. And I close. Mr. Turner.

Bills: SB17 , SB1569 , SB2420 , HB5138 , HJR161 , HB1937 , HB3334 , HB5444 , HB5137 , HB361 , HB321 , HB5447 , HB464 , HB678 , HB2294 , HB4172 , HB3225 , HB1769 , HB5394 , HB1837 , HB1787 , HB2271 , HB2440 , HB5134 , HB5149 , HB2151 , HB2073 , HB2186 , HB2025 , HB1936 , HB1777 , HB1663 , HB 1306 , HB 1290 , HB1527 , HB4802 , HB3462 , HB2963 , HB2462 , HB2560 , HB644 , HB2725 , HB2621 , HB2588 , HB1443 , HB1403 , HB3032 , HB1557 , HB1664 , HB2811 , HB2088 , HB2598 , HB3062 , HB3134 , HB3940 , HB4027 , HB4097 , HB4862 , HB4170 , HB4157 , HB4205 , HB4279 , HB4377 , HB4838 , HB5424 , HB5294 , HB4870 , HB4763 , HB5639 , HB4112 , HB2275 , HB1677 , HB5014 , HB3848 , HB3797 , HB3727 , HB3709 , HB3177 , HB3057 , HB4176 , HB4202 , HB2180 , HB3528 , HB3658 , HCR76 , HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Their primary responsibility is the enforcement of our state laws.
• That doesn't even begin to come close to it.
• I don't think that the legislature was looking as closely, right?
• We worked closely with the Secretary of State's office.
• This is our third year in a row of closing out the hearing.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s FY27 H-2 budget proposal, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard testimony from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who described the $1.72 billion budget as a 4% increase over FY26 and emphasized readiness, local partnerships, and support for core operations rather than expansion. She highlighted ongoing work on firearms-law implementation, State Police academy reforms, DOC’s new strategic plan, disaster response, hate-crime prevention, and planning for major 2026 events including the World Cup, Marathon, and America’s 250th anniversary. Members also raised concerns about State Police capacity, DNA backlog reporting, academy boxing/training reforms after a trooper’s death, ICE coordination, diversity in public safety leadership, the disaster relief fund, crime lab funding, reentry programming, and whether OEMS should move from DPH to EOPSS; Kwan said she would keep an open mind on some issues but was not ready to commit to an OEMS transfer. The committee then questioned EOPSS officials and the State Police colonel on several operational matters. The colonel said the academy boxing program remains suspended and likely will not return in its prior form, pending an IACP review, and that future training will likely emphasize jujitsu-style control techniques. He also said the State Police uses the civil service exam, with current advancement scores ranging from 83.72 to 98.78 for the most recent class, and acknowledged the need to improve recruitment, preparation, and diversity. On the DNA and sexual assault kit backlog, EOPSS said it supports extending the statute of limitations and is working with the courts and crime lab to identify and collect lawfully owed DNA. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, is currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, and should be designed to respond flexibly to different regional needs. They also said the crime lab increase is largely to cover core operations and a structural deficiency rather than expansion. Several members focused on public safety coordination and staffing. Questions from legislators from Bristol, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and elsewhere stressed the need for State Police to absorb additional forensic work if county resources shift, and to maintain strong communication with local chiefs and federal partners. Rep. Holmes pressed EOPSS on racial and gender diversity in the department and State Police; Kwan and Colonel Noble said diversity has improved but will take time to show up in senior leadership, and they pointed to internships and hiring practices as ways to broaden the pipeline. The hearing also included discussion of the World Cup security plan, with Kwan saying planning has been underway for about 18 months through 14 working groups and that current staffing and overtime resources appear sufficient for now. After EOPSS concluded, the committee recessed briefly and then began testimony from district attorneys, led by Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden, who said prosecutors are seeking a 10% budget increase to address staffing and salary pressures, especially the widening pay gap between assistant district attorneys and newly hired public defenders after recent CPCS funding increases.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, I'm one of three education cabinet secretaries and work closely within the children's cabinet with
• and work closely within the children's<00:05:23.600><c> cabinet</c><00:05:24.040><c> with</c><00:05:
• And we do, as we work hard to get our rates as close to that true cost of care so that we can support
• But as we were closing out uh dollars.
• </c> care numbers and working very closely care numbers and working very closely with<01:08:26.240><c

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its September 24 meeting after a motion and second. It then heard a presentation from New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Secretary Elizabeth Gragensky on that state’s early childhood system and planned universal child care rollout. She described how New Mexico consolidated multiple prenatal-to-age-five programs into a cabinet-level department, expanded pre-K to a longer day, and uses a cost model to set reimbursement rates intended to cover true provider costs, including wages, benefits, occupancy, food, and reserves. She also said the state created an Early Childhood Trust Fund and secured a constitutional amendment to dedicate 0.60% of the land grant permanent fund to early care and education, with the department’s budget growing from about $400 million in 2021 to just under $1 billion this year. Gragensky said families can begin applying for universal child care on November 1, with participation voluntary for both families and providers. She reported that New Mexico is aiming to expand capacity by adding 1,000 registered home providers, 120 group homes, and about 55 more centers, supported in part by a $13 million low-interest loan fund and a request for an additional $20 million. She said the state has seen growth in early childhood professionals, including a 64% increase over the last three to four years, and pointed to reported outcomes such as a 21% increase in literacy and a 75% kindergarten readiness rate, while noting that some measures are new and baseline comparisons are still being developed. Members asked about the funding sources, provider profitability, workforce development, and measurable outcomes. Gragensky said the program is designed to support provider sustainability through rates tied to true cost and includes allowances for sick leave, vacation, benefits, and reserves. She also said maternal labor force participation is 10% higher than the national rate and attributed that in part to child care access. The committee then moved to a separate presentation by Department for Community Based Services Commissioner Lisa Dennis and Division of Family Support Director Roger McCann on anticipated cuts to TANF and SNAP, beginning with an overview of TANF as a federal block grant with a fixed annual Kentucky allocation of about $180.7 million.

Transcript Highlights:

• MNTAC is walk away and close KETAC.
• </c> Representative Nelson to your closing Representative Nelson to your closing comments<01:14:37.199
• </c><01:20:06.400><c> and</c> gap that we're not able to close and gap that we're not able to close and
• ><c> uh</c><01:23:49.760><c> on</c> Uh, again, closing comments uh on Uh, again, closing comments uh
• 31.840><c> for</c><01:42:32.239><c> tomorrow's</c> uh closing comments for tomorrow's uh closing comments

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

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> aligns with the treatment more closely aligns with the treatment more closely with<00:07:53.600>
• Is it possible that they maybe shift and move out, or just close altogether? Mr. Cook.
• In closing, I just like would dictate.
• Um, Mark Haveman. >> [clears throat] Am I close? >> All right.
• That program is closed, and we could start there.

Bills: HF3127 , HF3524 , HF3525 , HF3754

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, overtime compensation, tax deduction, income tax, federal regulations, tax reform, tip income, federal tax deduction, Minnesota Statutes, individual income, employer contributions, Trump accounts, federal law, gross income exclusion, 1183

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:37:53.880><c> to</c><00:37:54.200><c> that</c><00:37:54.560><c> close</c> employees as I get
• close to that close employees as I get close to that close to<00:37:55.119><c> 30</c><00:37:56.119><c
• So I have followed the developments of the paid leave closely for these past years.
• </c> developments of the paid leave closely developments of the paid leave closely for<00:41:20.720><
• This can raise their earnings and help close the gender pay gap.

Bills: HF1976

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

Keywords: paid leave, family leave, employment law, Minnesota statute, benefit eligibility, seasonal employment, workforce, labor rights, 1183, house