Transcript Highlights:

• Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed
• upon his retirement after 27 years of service to the Veterans Health Administration; and resolutions filed
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Gordon of Bedford and

Summary: The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine matters from the Committee on Rules. It adopted resolutions congratulating Mark D. Chiraco on his retirement from the Veterans Health Administration and Gene M. Bubon on her retirement from the town of Sturbridge, and it also adopted an order extending the Education Committee’s reporting deadline on House document 5991 to July 31, 2026. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to receive and refer several Senate petitions, including a proposal to conform state law to the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, a Buzzards Bay Water District easement bill, and measures involving Fish and Game easements and the leasing of Pilgrim Memorial Park. The House also accepted the Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee’s recommendation to place several bills on the calendar, including Senate No. 785 on insurance claims, House bills naming the official vegetable and crustacean of the Commonwealth, and a local bill for additional alcohol licenses in East Bridgewater. After suspending Rule 7A, the House gave second reading and ordered these bills to third reading. It then passed to be enacted House 4321, authorizing the Dalton Fire District to continue employing interim fire chief Christopher Francis Cherat, and House 899, dedicating park and field space in South Boston. Later, the House considered several third-reading bills and passed them to be engrossed, including Senate 2735 dissolving the North Carver Water District, House 5421 on transportation of vessels in Barnstable, House 5426 amending the North Attleboro charter, and House 5543 establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Bartlett of the Department of Public Health. House 5528, a sick leave bank bill for Edward Gillian, was amended to add an emergency preamble and then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., then adjourned, with a Democratic caucus notice announced for noon in rooms A1 and A2.

Transcript Highlights:

• Resolutions filed by Representatives Lipper Garabedian of Melrose and Wong of Saugus, congratulating
• congratulating Fire Chief Michael Sullivan of the town of Wakefield on his retirement, and resolutions filed
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Decker of Cambridge and

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. It adopted congratulatory resolutions for Fire Chief Michael Sullivan of Wakefield and Joan Smith of Abington, and approved an extension until December 7, 2025 for the Committee on Public Health to report on current House documents. The House also concurred with a Senate referral of a petition on assisted living billing practices to the Committee on Housing, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send two additional petitions to committee: one on penalties for reckless or negligent vehicle operation and another designating May 2 as Veterinary Youth Day. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended six House bills for consideration, and the House suspended Rule 7A to take them up on second reading. Those bills concerned the Great Barrington Fire District, a technical change to the George L. Dairy Inland Fisheries and Game Fund, teacher strikes, an Arlington town manager act amendment, payment of an unpaid bill by the town of Ludlow, and additional liquor licenses for Scituate. The House ordered all six bills to a third reading. The chamber also observed silent tributes to Anthony Dugnan of Hamilton and Boston police Detective Bruce Higgins. On third reading, the House passed to be engrossed Senate Bill 23 on alternate members for the Swampscott Conservation Commission, House Bill 2879 on continued employment of a Lancaster firefighter, House Bill 3977 on alternate members for the Beckett Conservation Commission, and House Bill 4529 designating the Wider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts. The House then adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• As we all know, we filed this bill because we saw a glaring gap in our literacy curriculum, and we saw
• So we filed the bill.
• So we know that we have filed the bill, we passed the bill, we have a compromise bill, and we look forward

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: House and Senate leaders announced a conference committee agreement on a literacy bill that both chambers had previously passed, saying the compromise combines the strongest parts of each version. The speakers said the bill responds to poor third-grade reading outcomes and aims to improve early literacy instruction for the next generation of students, with implementation planned for the 2027-2028 school year. The bill would require K-3 reading curricula to meet Department of Elementary and Secondary Education guidelines and be evidence-based, provide free approved curriculum options for districts that need them, and allow waivers for districts already using acceptable evidence-based programs. It also would remove unproven teaching methods, support student progress monitoring, require dyslexia screening, publish relevant data, and provide professional development and apprenticeship opportunities for teachers. One speaker described the measure as effectively ending guessing-based reading instruction and returning to phonics-focused teaching. The conferees said the bill was developed through weeks of negotiation and had unanimous votes in both chambers on the earlier versions. Senators Lewis and O'Connor, though absent, were said to support the compromise and would sign the conference report. The leaders said they expected strong support when the compromise bill comes to the House and Senate floors later in the week.

Transcript Highlights:

• The communication from the representative will be received and placed on file.
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Gordon of Bedford and
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Ryan of Boston and Higgins

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Wellesley High School girls’ swim team leading the Pledge of Allegiance and being formally recognized for winning its sixth Division Two State Swim and Diving Championship. The chamber also received a resignation letter from Representative Natalie M. Blais of the First Franklin District, effective January 19, 2026, which was placed on file. The House then acted on several procedural and local matters. It adopted committee reports extending reporting deadlines for the Education and Public Service committees to March 18, 2026, and advanced three bills to third reading: a Boston Police age-waiver bill for Louis Cabral and sick leave bank bills for Marnie Jean Goldstein and William Blaylock. The House also passed to enactment charter amendments for Provincetown and Greenfield, concurred in a Senate amendment to a Wellesley land-conveyance bill, and engrossed bills concerning the Dalton Fire District Board of Water Commissioners and Milton alcohol licensing. On House No. 4717, relating to the annual town meeting for Orange, the House adopted an amendment offered by Representative Walsh and then passed the bill as amended. Later, on House No. 1110 concerning subprime loans, the House adopted an amendment discharging the bill from the Bills in the Third Reading committee and referred it to the Committee on Ways and Means. The House also adopted a special adjournment in memory of former Representative Salvatore Semino and adjourned to meet Tuesday at 11 a.m. in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• The communication from the representative will be received and placed on file.
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Gordon of Bedford and
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Ryan of Boston and Higgins

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I understand that we had a bill filing period, we had a late bill filing period, and this gets dropped
• bills or when we filed our bills.
• period, we had a late bill bill filing period, we had a late bill filing<00:08:21.120><c> period</c>
• </c> necessarily in sync with how we filed necessarily in sync with how we filed our<00:09:03.600><c>
• </c> think we filed our bills in September. think we filed our bills in September.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I filed an amendment with OS, and I had not appreciated that we might exec.
• It only would allow the order to be filed if it was filed through a law enforcement agency. these orders
• It only would allow the order to be filed if it was filed through a law enforcement agency.
• It's to prevent even one more gun owner from filing a lawsuit against Sig Sauer over this issue.
• It's to prevent even one more gun owner from filing a lawsuit against Sig Sauer over this issue.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In the House, we heard House File 1768.
• </c> Um in the House, we heard House File Um in the House, we heard House File 1768. 1768. 1768. uh<01
• File 1768<01:27:10.800><c> does.
• </c> roll call vote on the House uh file roll call vote on the House uh file language<02:31:03.280><c
• Want to make sure is there File 1768.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I know that's the way we had to file it. Let me pull it out, Representative Billings.
• Well, I know we filed it as a local bill.
• We filed it as a local bill, but I do not see that. But you're right. I don't...
• It was not filed as a local bill. Do you fill a card out, Chance? Me? Oh, oh, I... Card out.

Committee: House Municipal

Summary: The Municipal Program of Cultural Affairs Committee met with a quorum and took up three Senate bills by Senator Edmonds, all related to the new City of St. George. The first bill, SB 348, would allow a local enforcement agency to contract with third-party vendors for administrative support in motor vehicle liability enforcement, such as plate processing, insurance verification, and notices, while making clear the vendors would not have police powers. Members raised concerns that the bill as drafted appeared statewide rather than local to St. George, and discussed how to limit it properly. After debate, the committee adopted amendments to narrow SB 348 to cities incorporated after October 1, 2019 and to sunset the authority on July 31, 2028, with the understanding that St. George could return later with a properly advertised local bill. The bill then received favorable action. The committee then considered SB 485, which transfers authority to levy and collect the insurance premium tax within St. George to the city beginning January 1, 2027; it was reported favorably without objection. Finally, the committee heard SB 444, which gives St. George expropriation authority for public infrastructure projects such as roads, drainage, flood protection, water, sewer, and utilities, using procedures similar to other Louisiana municipalities and DOTD. Members asked about the process and confirmed it was standard municipal authority and not related to private industry. The bill was reported favorably without objection. The meeting ended with thanks to staff and members and a reminder that this was the committee’s last meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• I know that's the way we had to file it. Let me pull it out, Representative Billings.
• Well, I know we filed it as a local bill.
• We filed it as a local bill, but I do not see that. But you're right. I don't...
• It was not filed as a local bill. Do you fill a card out, Chance? Oh, oh, I... Card out.

Bills: SB348 , SB444 , SB485

Committee: House Municipal

Keywords: motor vehicles, enforcement, administrative support, law enforcement, private service provider, regulatory compliance, expropriation, public purpose, property rights, compensation, city governance, St. George, insurance premium tax, city of St. George, municipal authority, local taxation, East Baton Rouge Parish, 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the reason that I filed this bill, several constituents of mine came to me complaining that their
• And this was a big issue when residents started filing the claims, and insurance companies were only
• “Started filing the claims, and insurance companies were only going to do one part of the house.
• You know, if folks here filed a claim before, I certainly have as well in a storm.”

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• courts as to what procedures to apply to the old tax... ...sales for how do you confirm, how do you file
• When I filed this bill, Louisiana, St. Charles,... one who's trying to get this process done. Okay.
• When I filed this bill, Louisiana, St. Charles, When I filed this bill, Louisiana, St.

Bills: HR118 , HB1120 , SCR11 , SB73 , SB89 , SB128 , SB149 , SB180 , SB191 , SB196 , SB238 , SB318 , SB340

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, tobacco tax, excise tax, smokeless tobacco, vapor products, public health, FDA, risk-proportionate, tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, SB 73, Act 10, Act No. 774 of 2024

Transcript Highlights:

• As originally filed, the supplemental bill splits the constitutionally required payment of $144.3 million
• As originally filed, the supplemental bill splits to..." "...the constitutionally required payment of
• As originally filed, it includes the constitutionally required deposit of $144.3 million of the fiscal
• The bill, as filed, removes the judiciary's requested $20.5 million in state general fund increase, but

Bills: HB1 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB383 , HB983 , HB1126 , HCR3

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, budget, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year, economic development, state treasury, emergency response, education, voting technology, sustainability, revenue sharing, fund distribution

Transcript Highlights:

• allows a person to provide an alternate mailing address and attest their residential address when filing
• admitted to a screening or evaluation agency at the time the petition for evaluation or treatment is filed
• for attorneys who prevail in an attorney disciplinary matter and allows the prevailing attorney to file
• for attorneys who prevail in an attorney disciplinary matter and allows the prevailing attorney to file

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of third-read consent bills across multiple committees, with staff giving brief descriptions and members asking only occasional clarifying questions. Topics included claims against the state, CPA certification, creditor assignments, insurance adjuster licensing, school equivalency instruction, extending a credit enhancement board, firearm safety instruction in schools, student eligibility for school activities, Celebrate Freedom Week civics instruction, release-time courses, voter registration roll access, campaign filing addresses, federal land designations, public records review standards, workers’ compensation burial benefits, first responder death benefits, veterans’ flags in HOA communities, restrictions on sexually explicit material for minors, agency guidance posting, standardized state hiring, mental health court procedures, autopsy supervision, tribal child welfare MOUs, controlled substance scheduling, EMT privacy, guardian notification in court-ordered treatment, dense breast tissue notice repeal, referral agency background checks and insurance, attorney disciplinary recoveries, fentanyl penalties, campus firearms rules, suppressors, defamation standards, mandatory reporting of child abuse, attorney licensing authority, municipal penalties tied to emergency calls, forcible detainer procedures, utility-worker assault enhancements, water basin reporting, small modular nuclear reactor siting, groundwater recovery assumptions, ICE notification after arrests, a military-police-to-peace-officer pathway, and scholarship tax credits. Most bills were simply presented as consent items, with no major debate or votes recorded in the transcript. A few measures drew brief discussion. On SB 1040, members clarified that the voter-registration portal would redact personal identifying information such as voter registration numbers, ID numbers, and Social Security numbers. SB 1193 prompted comments that emergency medical technician data being open source was surprising and that the issue might be expanded to paramedics. SB 1243 was described as a guardian-rights bill to streamline notice in court-ordered treatment. SB 1318 was characterized as a cleanup measure aligning dense-breast-tissue notice requirements with federal law. SB 1477, dealing with referral agencies for assisted living and home care, was noted as having passed committee unanimously. The most substantive exchanges came on SB 1148 and SB 1418. For SB 1148, members discussed shifting attorney licensing responsibility more directly to the Arizona Supreme Court rather than the State Bar, with staff explaining that the court already oversees licensing but currently delegates some functions to the Bar. On SB 1418, which limits county regulation of small modular nuclear reactors in certain circumstances, a member objected that it would reduce local control and said they would likely oppose it on the floor. H.C.M. 2009 was also presented, asking Congress to amend the Antiquities Act, compensate states for subsurface minerals, and streamline mining permits; the sponsor tied it to Arizona’s mining history and land-swap interests. The caucus ended after SB 1142, with no recorded votes or formal actions beyond the bills being discussed as third-read consent items.

Transcript Highlights:

• I move the Senate stand in recess until 5:00 p.m. or until the last committee report is filed, at which
• 00:12:33.839><c> committee</c><00:12:34.320><c> report</c><00:12:34.639><c> is</c><00:12:34.880><c> filed
• </c> until the last committee report is filed until the last committee report is filed at<00:12:35.680

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 23 February, 2026; 4:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The subcommittee filed quarterly reports on administrative directives from the Department of Corrections
• The subcommittee received agency updates on outstanding rulemaking from the 2023 regular session and filed
• You have a review of an agreement in there, and I'll need a motion to file this as reviewed.
• You have a review of an agreement in there, and I'll need a motion to file this as reviewed.

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a monthly revenue report from the Bureau of Legislative Research. The report showed gross general revenue collections up year to date and net general revenue above forecast, with the increase attributed in part to income tax growth, a fiscal-year shift, and lottery-related collections. Members asked no questions, and no action was required on the revenue report. Several subcommittee reports were then presented and adopted, including executive, administrative rules, game and fish/state police, hospital/Medicaid/developmental disability, occupational licensing, PEER, revenue, state insurance programs, and personnel. The executive report noted a waiver request for Jackson County School District construction services and an audit with no findings. The administrative rules report covered agency directives, rulemaking updates, and a few rules pulled for later consideration. The revenue subcommittee held one District 4 tire removal contract until its next meeting, while the state insurance subcommittee reviewed the EBD contract with Boston Consulting Group and approved pharmacy formulary and drug recommendations. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the State Insurance Department’s examination of pharmacy benefit managers, especially Navitus Health Solutions. Commissioners and staff explained that Navitus objected to producing certain claims data for self-funded plans, raising an ERISA preemption argument, and that the matter was being set for an administrative hearing, likely in April. Members questioned compliance, due process, and the implications of the objection, while the department said the state initiated the examination and was continuing to seek resolution. The committee also reviewed an Arkansas Teacher Retirement System agreement, with one member noting a potential conflict and abstaining. The meeting ended after members reviewed additional reports with no further action and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• So you go in front of a judge, you file a motion to revoke bond that can take several days to weeks because
• arrest based on probable cause and a person is acquitted, that person can in certain circumstances file
• But to the speaker's point, you know, yeah, sure, we could file a pretrial violation.
• or Sunday night, it will be at least Monday before I can get the pretrial officer on the phone to file

Transcript Highlights:

• current law's vague reference to a court of competent jurisdiction by explicitly allowing appeals to be filed
• Under current law, individuals appealing a final decision by the Texas Workforce Commission must file
• The bill addresses this issue by explicitly allowing agreed parties to file for judicial review in either
• The bill was filed to incorporate those findings and provide a structure and direction for agency digital

Bills: HB2564 , HB2760 , HB2765 , HB2898 , HB3260 , HB3800 , HB4341 , HB4396 , HB5195

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Keywords: Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice

Transcript Highlights:

• current law's vague reference to court of competent jurisdiction by explicitly allowing appeals to be filed
• Under current law, individuals appealing to a final decision by the Texas Workforce Commission must file
• The bill addresses this issue by explicitly allowing aggrieved parties to file for judicial review in
• The bill was filed to incorporate those findings and provide structure and direction for agencies for

Committee: Senate Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Just a little bit of lay of the land: we have a couple of amendments filed and a couple of testifiers
• because I've seen bipartisan work on both sides, and so I I want to say thank you specifically for House File
• So again, House File 2114 is just a powerful step forward, ensuring that no child has to wonder where
• And then I will move that House File 2445 as amended be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy