Transcript Highlights:

• And, um, thanks to, uh, Jordan O'Giles with Feeding Kentucky and a few other leaders, but in particular
• And, um, thanks to, uh, Jordan O'Giles with Feeding Kentucky and a few other leaders, but in particular
• And, um, thanks to, uh, Jordan O'Giles<00:20:21.280> with<00:20:21.440> Feeding<00:20:21.720
• Kentucky and a few O'Giles with Feeding Kentucky and a few other<00:20:23.440> leaders,<00:20
• And, um, thanks to, uh, Jordan O'Giles with Feeding Kentucky and a few other leaders, but in particular

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At the same time, the cost of essentials like feed, fertilizer, and fuel has surged.
• If we want to continue feeding our state, our country, and much of the world, we must act now.
• respectfully urge this committee to support HB 43 and stand with the hard-working men and women who feed
• was replaced with the harsh reality that if we did not quickly pivot, we would lose the ability to feed
• I'm the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Texas Grain and Feed Association.

Bills: HB43, HB519, HB 1275, HB1592, HB2842, HB3088, HB3479, HB4163, SB823, HB609

Keywords: agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, bovine producers, dairy farms, permits, bovine tuberculosis, public health, wildlife management, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, white-tailed deer, public safety

Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.

Transcript Highlights:

• When a farmer in western Kentucky buys corn or soy for feed, which is our largest single expense, that
• It helps protect our right to farm using proven, science-based methods to feed our families, our neighbors
• Feed, which is our largest single expense, that money stays in the local economy.
• It helps protect our right to farm using proven, science-based methods to feed our families, our neighbors

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Agriculture met for its third meeting with Chairman Fister presiding in place of Chairman Dossett. The committee recognized visiting Kentucky Farm Bureau collegiate chapters from UK, Morehead State, and Murray State, along with a student guest from Lafayette High School. After a roll call established a quorum, the committee took up House Bill 111, sponsored by Representative Ryan Bivens, with testimony from Nikki Ellis of the Kentucky Pork Producers Association. HB 111 was described as a measure requested by pork producers to protect farmers’ authority over livestock care and health decisions, and to prevent outside interference or pressure from activists or out-of-state regulations. Supporters said the bill helps preserve family farms, supports Kentucky’s pork industry, and protects science-based farming practices. Committee members asked about the bill’s language regarding veterinary consultation and public health outbreaks; the sponsor said the bill was not intended to block state or federal officials in a disease emergency, but to leave day-to-day decisions with the farmer or livestock owner. Representative Dossett also noted the bill would help ensure farmers can continue purchasing animal health supplies. The committee adopted a committee substitute and then approved HB 111 by roll call vote, with members voting overwhelmingly in favor and no recorded opposition. Several members explained their yes votes, citing the committee substitute’s improved language and agreement that livestock health decisions should remain with the farm owner and veterinarian. After the bill passed, the chair announced a lunch invitation from the Kentucky Association of County Agriculture Agents and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• than a day of routine; it also dictates acts of generosity and community, of mishloach manot, of feeding
• generosity and community of mish manote generosity and community of mish manote of<00:03:10.280> feeding
• 11.680> and<00:03:11.879> matot<00:03:12.400> leim<00:03:13.000> of of feeding
• each other and matot leim of of feeding each other and matot leim of giving<00:03:13.360> to<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It cuts a program that feeds hungry children during the summer.
• And the first bill that we did is called the feed bill. This is the second bill.
• And the first bill that we did is called the feed bill. This is the second bill.
• You give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime
• The last bill, the nickname was a feed bill.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Wasn't that bad an adjective, but anyway, feed the kids. This case, it's feed the young adults.
• an adjective, but anyway, feed the kids. an adjective, but anyway, feed the kids.
• <00:22:12.799> give opinion we should probably feed give opinion we should probably feed give
• <00:22:58.240> Feed<00:22:58.400> the<00:22:58.720> uh<00:22:58.880> feed
• Feed the uh feed the pass this bill. Feed the uh feed the young<00:22:59.520> adults.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• > children<03:38:27.040> who eligibility, feeding more children who eligibility, feeding more
• feed children, they do better in school. feed children, they do better in school.
• um feeding more of them, giving feeding um feeding more of them, giving feeding them<04:14:52.720
• There's nothing wrong with feeding kids.
• <04:15:34.399> kids also nothing wrong with feeding kids also nothing wrong with feeding kids

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 292, which would authorize a governor’s warrant to cover special education aid shortfalls from the education trust fund, and from the general fund if needed, so local school districts would not have to absorb prorated costs or raise local property taxes. Senator Lang said the bill was prompted by a prior $15 million special education funding shortfall caused by higher-than-expected catastrophic aid claims, including more qualifying students and the recent increase in the special education age limit to 22. He emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure the state meets its funding commitment and avoid shifting costs to towns. Members asked about how the bill interacts with House Bill 742 and House Bill 773, including whether the language should be merged or whether the state should fund 100% versus an 80% floor. Lang said he was open to improving the bill and to adding a study committee or performance audit on special education costs, but maintained that the state should not push costs to local taxpayers when it has available funds. The hearing on SB 292 was then closed, with no vote taken. The committee then opened Senate Bill 98, which would extend for five more years a tax credit program for donations to regional career and technical education centers. Senator Waters said the program has been successful in building partnerships between CTE centers and employers, especially through equipment donations that support training and apprenticeships. He cited examples including automotive, marine trades, and advanced manufacturing programs, and said the five-year extension would let lawmakers continue to review whether the incentive is working as intended. Several members questioned whether the credit is effectively a 100% subsidy and how the cap works. Waters and another member explained that the underlying program has an aggregate cap of $500,000 and that credits are prorated if requests exceed that amount; they also said the donations are primarily equipment, not cash. Some members raised concerns about whether businesses could also claim other tax deductions or credits, but the sponsor said the existing structure has been in place for years and has been revisited periodically. No vote was taken during the hearing excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, we're already taxed and feed to death.
• already taxed and feed to death. already taxed and feed to death.
• You wake up in the morning and you go out to feed cows.
• And they go out and they feed that calf. And they pet that calf.
• And they go out and they feed that calf. And they go out and they feed that calf.

Keywords: Continuation of today's legislative session, beginning at 7:45 pm., 981, all

Summary: The House took up House Bill 1410, the state’s long appropriations bill for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and their agencies and institutions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. The committee first recessed and then adopted a motion to rise, report progress, and sit again later that day. The House also adopted a motion under House Rule 14 to limit debate on House Bill 1410 to one hour during special orders on April 10, 2026, by a vote of 40-20, with four excused and one absent. During consideration of House Bill 1410, members debated Amendment J82/54A, which would require funding for wolf reintroduction to come from gifts, grants, and donations rather than general fund dollars. Supporters argued the state should not use taxpayer money for additional wolf reintroduction, especially during a budget crisis, and said rural ranchers and livestock producers are bearing the costs and impacts of wolves. They emphasized depredation concerns, the strain on rural communities, and the view that the reintroduction effort has been costly and poorly managed. Opponents of the amendment said the funding line is part of broader wolf management, not just reintroduction, and argued the state has a legal obligation to carry out Proposition 114. They said gifts, grants, and donations are not a reliable funding source for that mandate and noted the program also supports conflict minimization efforts such as range riders. One speaker also defended the ecological role of wolves, citing their benefits to ecosystems, elk management, and biodiversity. The transcript does not show a final vote on the amendment before the excerpt ends.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:43:53.240> lot petition uh section six is feed lot petition uh section six is feed lot
• Lots built in the last feed Lots built in the last decade<01:04:57.279> just<01:04:57.520>
• feed from Minnesota<01:26:16.600> grown<01:26:16.880> feed<01:26:17.320> stocks
• grown feed stocks MBA members want<01:26:19.400> to<01:26:19.560> do<01:26:19.800>
• <01:32:26.360> lot feed lot feed lot permit<01:32:28.480> the<01:32:28.679> current<

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• As you know, the sportsmen always come and put on a good feed for all of us.
• c> sportsmen always come and put on a a sportsmen always come and put on a a good<00:29:35.360> feed
• <00:29:36.280> So,<00:29:36.400> please<00:29:36.720> stop good feed for all
• So, please stop good feed for all of us.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, led the Pledge of Allegiance with visiting children from Creativity Challenge Community, and approved the journal as corrected. The day was marked by several recognitions and announcements, including Sportsman Day, Lineman Day, and a CEA Lobby Day, with members offering brief tributes to professional linemen, Colorado sportsmen and conservationists, and education retirees and children visiting the Capitol. Members also announced committee schedules for the day and the next day. Committees set to meet included Appropriations, Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources, Business Affairs and Labor, Finance, Energy and Environment, and Education, with specific bills listed for each committee. One committee, State Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs, announced it would not meet that day. The only formal action beyond the journal approval was a motion by the Majority Leader to lay over the balance of the calendar until Friday, April 24, 2026, which was adopted without objection. The House then moved to recess until later that day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Come down to the basement, get your belly full, and then we'll feed your soul.
• /c><00:17:18.720> and<00:17:18.880> then<00:17:19.039> we'll<00:17:19.360> feed
• <00:17:19.600> your belly full, and then we'll feed your belly full, and then we'll feed your

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, led the pledge of allegiance, and approved the January 15, 2026 journal as corrected. Senate Services was reported to have correctly printed Senate Bills 3 and 9 and correctly introduced and enrolled Senate Joint Resolutions 2 and 3; the president signed the two joint resolutions and Senate Resolution 2. During announcements, Senator Pelton promoted the upcoming morning prayer breakfast. Senator Sullivan then gave a lengthy personal privilege statement reflecting on the 704th Friday since his son Alex was killed in the Aurora theater shooting, describing his annual return to the theater, the support of President Coleman and others, and his view that returning is an act of defiance and remembrance for victims of gun violence. The majority leader announced that after recess and adjournment the House MLK joint resolution would be heard on the House floor, followed by a joint session at 10:30 a.m. for the State of the Tribes address. Members were reminded the Senate would be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day and would reconvene Tuesday, January 20 at 10 a.m. The Senate then adopted a motion to recess until 11:30 a.m. that day.

Transcript Highlights:

• In the next slide, I just wanted to highlight all the remaining sources that feed into general revenue
• So it gives us an idea of the component pieces that feed into the forecast.
• Once we have that, we feed that into the different revenue estimating conferences and drive numbers for
• So they all feed into the forecast. Thank you.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax convened with a quorum present, heard an introductory presentation of committee staff, and then received a staff briefing from Azar Khan on Florida’s state tax structure and revenue outlook. The presentation covered fiscal year 2023-2024 revenues, noting more than $127 billion in total state revenue, with general revenue exceeding $48 billion and sales and use tax making up the largest share. It also compared Florida’s tax burden to other states, highlighted Florida’s low per-capita revenue ranking and strong business formation numbers, and reviewed major and minor revenue sources, tax rates, and the revenue estimating conference process. Members asked about what drives revenue growth, including population, tourism, construction, and auto sales, and about Florida’s regressivity, corporate income tax participation, and investment earnings on state balances. Khan said the state’s revenue picture remains positive and stable, but that future growth is slower than during the COVID-era spike; he also explained that some negative forecast changes were tied to legislative actions such as the insurance premium tax credit, while others reflected lower tobacco consumption and severance activity. He noted that revenue and spending forecasts are separate and that budget-side growth is driving concerns raised in other state economic projections. The committee also discussed possible tax package ideas for the upcoming session, including tax holidays and homeowner relief, but no specific proposals were acted on. The chair announced the committee would not meet the following week and that the next meeting would be in week three of February. The meeting concluded with no objections to a motion to adjourn.

Transcript Highlights:

• I know the second Feeding Our Future trial starts on February 3rd, so all of this is still really relevant
• I just see it, and no other state had a Feeding Our Future. We did.
• I just see it, and no other state had a Feeding Our Future. We did.
• I just see it, and no other state had a Feeding Our Future. We did.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: Representative Kristin Robbins, chair of the new House Fraud and State Agency Oversight Committee, said the committee’s first public hearing was canceled and used the meeting to outline its planned work. She said the committee had invited DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead to discuss fraud during her tenure, but Harpstead declined, and the committee instead planned to hear from Bill Glan of the Center of the American Experiment about his fraud and waste tracker. Robbins framed the committee’s mission as oversight of state government fraud, citing the Feeding Our Future case and other ongoing investigations, and said the work was not partisan. Robbins said the committee would also hold hearings on specific areas such as CCAP and medical transportation, along with other issues raised by whistleblowers. She said she had heard from at least two dozen whistleblowers in the prior week, including people from multiple state agencies and private-sector grant administrators, and described efforts to protect their confidentiality. She also said she is authoring a bill to expand whistleblower protections and that the committee is setting up a whistleblower portal. In response to questions, Robbins said she had a private meeting scheduled with Harpstead before her departure from office and said the committee could schedule another hearing if the House is able to meet with a quorum. She said she hoped for bipartisan participation, emphasized that neither party wants taxpayer money wasted, and said the committee would continue meeting and organizing hearings as soon as possible.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, House Bill 4138 is the General Appropriations Act, also known as the feed bill.
• The feed bill contains ongoing savings of $99,200,000 due to 5% lump-sum reductions to the non-formula
• Chairman Gress, comments on the feed bill, please. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• questions on anything on the first from page 4 to page 15 of your summaries, all covers Act 1, the feed
• Just for me, and members, just for an overview: the first bill that we did, the feed bill, that's the

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But you're not supposed to use any antibiotics or veterinary drugs; you're not supposed to feed them
• And they're not going to wait for you to feed them.
• And so the reason that these folks on the other side of the globe feed them antibiotics is because they
• If you don't feed them antibiotics, it's either am I gonna make money off this crop or am I going to
• And they say, let's feed them antibiotics because I need to make money off this crop.

Bills: HB2226, HB2269, HB2343, HB2760, HB3621, HB4079, HB4204, HB4518, HB4531, HB4555, HB4850, HB4876, HB4903, HB4996, HB5122

Keywords: construction trust funds, Property Code, Chapter 162, construction payments, mechanics lien, contractors, subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, materialmen, real property improvement, assignment of payment rights, unpaid trust funds, trust fund beneficiaries, construction industry, payment protection, Texas construction law, property owners association, landscaping, grass maintenance

Transcript Highlights:

• everyone at this point where he's in a conversation with folks who would later be indicted in the Feeding
• everyone at this point where he's in a conversation with folks who would later be indicted in the Feeding
• everyone at this point where he's in a conversation with folks who would later be indicted in the Feeding
• everyone at this point where he's in a conversation with folks who would later be indicted in the Feeding
• everyone at this point where he's in a conversation with folks who would later be indicted in the Feeding

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House Fraud and State Agency Oversight Chair Kristen Robbins and Vice Chair Patti Anderson reviewed the committee’s first session, saying its work focused on exposing fraud, identifying gaps in statute and agency tools, and creating a public whistleblower portal (mnfraud.com). Robbins said the committee helped drive bipartisan opposition to legislatively named grants/earmarks, and that committee testimony from agencies, the Office of Legislative Auditor, and the Office of Grants Management led to late-session committee bills on issues such as a state kickback statute and required grants-management training. She also said the portal received 530 submissions in its first week, which the committee will review over the interim. Members emphasized the need for stronger statewide oversight of grants and fraud prevention. Anderson said existing agency inspector general structures have not worked well and described a bipartisan effort to create a statewide Office of Inspector General with full investigatory authority. Robbins said the Senate version was moving through finance and expected on the floor soon, with the governor indicating he would sign it. Walter Hudson argued that hearings showed agencies often focus on paperwork and compliance checkboxes rather than actually preventing fraud, citing conflict-of-interest attestations and the Feeding Our Future-related testimony as examples. Jim Nash said the state government finance bill includes funding for anti-fraud efforts through the Office of the Auditor and related provisions. In response to questions, Robbins said the committee tried to remain bipartisan despite a 5-3 Republican majority, and that members had handed significant allegations to law enforcement when appropriate. She said the committee did not need subpoena power this session because it is an oversight body, not a law-enforcement body. On legislatively named grants, Robbins said the goal is to change legislative culture rather than impose a formal ban, and she expects future policy to require front-end risk review, 990 review, and capacity checks before such grants are approved. Anderson added that the House and Senate versions of the inspector general bill differ on branch placement and law-enforcement authority, and that the House will decide whether to accept the Senate version once it comes back from finance and the floor.

Transcript Highlights:

• Intelligence sinks will feed the command's attribution data into DPS fusion centers.
• Intelligence sinks will feed the commands attribution data into DPS fusion centers, sinks will feed the

Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee met with a quorum and considered several House bills. House Bill 111 was taken up as a committee substitute; members briefly discussed what entities the bill would apply to, and the committee substitute was adopted and reported favorably to the full Senate by a 6-5 vote. House Bill 150, relating to the Texas Cyber Command, received extensive explanation of a revised committee substitute that made the command a standalone state agency, allowed flexible state partnerships, preserved vendor neutrality, added emergency purchasing guardrails and reporting, protected existing confidentiality laws, limited monitoring to contracted entities, and clarified coordination with law enforcement rather than direct prosecution. The substitute was adopted and HB 150 was reported favorably 11-0. The committee also reported House Bill 2517 favorably without debate, 10 ayes and 1 present not voting. House Bill 2963 was considered with a committee substitute that added a definition of “power sports vehicle” and exempted those items from the right-to-repair bill; the substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with a recommendation for the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 3520 was reported favorably by a 7-4 vote, and House Bill 5435 was reported favorably 11-0 and also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. After completing the votes, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• that's other impacts. you know, feeds that's other impacts. you know, feeds that's purchased,<00:
• It can buy feed, but can't make it rain.
• So we've seen it as a price support with our ethanol plants and a lot of our feed plants for animal feed
• and a lot of our feed plants for for<00:58:32.640> animal<00:58:32.960> feed<00:58:33.280
• <01:03:48.319> your bills with what you got to feed your bills with what you got to feed your

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:18 University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics Presentation 00:02:18 Farm Credit Mid-America Presentation 01:12:41, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• can we better, you know, keep whatever produce and stuff that we have here and, you know, be able to feed
• can we better, you know, keep whatever produce and stuff that we have here and, you know, be able to feed
• can we better, you know, keep whatever produce and stuff that we have here and, you know, be able to feed
• you know, being... ...keep whatever produce and stuff that we have here and, you know, be able to feed

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard several governor’s nominations for advisory and regulatory boards. The first group included William Smith, Michelle Ige, and Kayana Neman for the Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council; Leland Park and Cynthia Hobson for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; and Nicole Kacal for the Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation board. DBEDT and related witnesses testified in support of all nominees, and each nominee described experience in small business, finance, community engagement, or technology. Much of the discussion focused on strengthening Hawaiʻi’s economy through small business support, financial literacy, and better access to capital and grants. Committee members questioned nominees about priorities for Hawaiʻi Island and the state more broadly. Topics included agricultural infrastructure, value-added food production, shared processing facilities and commercial kitchens, workforce housing, and ways government and nonprofits can partner to help small businesses navigate permitting, licensing, and grant processes. Several nominees emphasized community impact, measurable outcomes, and practical regulatory reform. Nicole Kacal also discussed diversifying the economy beyond tourism, expanding technology and AI opportunities, and creating locally governed training and research pathways so workers can adapt to changing jobs. At the end of the hearing, the committee voted to recommend advice and consent for all nominees. The nominations for GM 608, GM 609, GM 612, and GM 613 were adopted by voice vote, with Senators Kim and Fevella excused. The committee then voted separately on GM 794 for Nicole Kacal, and that recommendation was also adopted. The hearing concluded with adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• And when we're talking about trying to feed our families, those of us who are low income in our communities
• have to choose between, am I going to feed my family?
• They have to choose between, am I going to feed my family with the food that's, if this goes through,
• I want to just speak to the fact that my grandmother lived on meager amounts, yet she was able to feed

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and introductions of the doctor of the day and numerous guests, including visitors for Lunar New Year, Arizona Statehood Day, school groups, local officials, and community leaders. A proclamation was read honoring Phoenix Ballet and National Ballet Day, and Representative Gress spoke in support of the recognition. The chamber also received committee and membership announcements, including temporary committee substitutions and several bills being re-referred or withdrawn to other committees. On third reading, HB 2190, which would have added Article 5 to Title 32 relating to the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants, failed after debate over whether it improperly authorized rulemaking; it was defeated 20-38 with two not voting. The House then took up HB 2206, relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administration, and HB 2396, another SNAP-related bill focused on restricting certain purchases. Members debated the bills at length, with opponents arguing they would burden low-income families, worsen food access in desert areas, and limit personal choice, while supporters said the state should encourage healthier purchases and that existing public benefit programs already include restrictions. HB 2396 passed 34-25 with one not voting and was sent to the Senate. After announcements, including committee meetings, an African-American Legislative Day program, and a birthday acknowledgment for the Majority Leader, the House briefly recessed and then reconvened. Additional desk business was handled, including a first reading of HB 2999, a municipal approval district technical correction bill, and the referral of first-read measures for printing. The House then adjourned until Tuesday, February 17, 2026.