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• My data request showed that they had failed to disclose a third NDA that had been signed by the city
• My data request show city administrator.
• ><c> to</c><00:20:56.200><c> me</c> This legislation is important to me This legislation is important
• And so I do think that this is an appropriate bill.
• And so I do think that this is an appropriate bill.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Affecting the appropriations of the state, the bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations,
• 17.839><c> the</c> Affecting the appropriations of the Affecting the appropriations of the state,<00:
• </c> amendment is appropriate at this time. amendment is appropriate at this time.
• </c> I rise to request that I rise to request that Excuse<00:47:13.400><c> me.
• </c> legislative session or sessions. legislative session or sessions.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for bringing this legislation forward.
• We support, uh, legislation like this throughout the United States.
• Uh, if Texas were to pass this, it would be the 5th state to pass legislation like this.
• Members, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to present this legislation.
• We support the legislation, strong consumer bill.

Committee: House Insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to commend Speaker Rivas for launching a powerful new tool in the legislative toolbox to help
• of the legislation we pass and recognize Majority Leader Aguirre-Curry for bringing this outcomes review
• In the decades since, a steady stream of legislative, administrative, and advocacy efforts built the
• As legislators, we sometimes focus on passing a bill and forget that implementation is where the real
• This review will inform any future legislative work on this topic.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think it would be appropriate in this circumstance.
• So this is a little bit out of the camera for this legislation.
• Chair, I think that could be a consequence of this legislation.
• HB 581 offers the department a requested solution to an Often declared imbalanced.
• We stand in strong support of this legislation and the next bill you're going to hear.

Committee: House House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• When an AI-generated public records request arrives at City Hall, our city clerk, Michelle, has 10 days
• The request arrives at City Hall, our city clerk, Michelle, has 10 days to respond, 10 days to locate
• Nick, a journalist from the back of a reporter, is asking his own Public Records Act request, and his
• request is... ...is asking his own Public Records Act request, and his request is pushed off and delayed
• But you are hitting on the work that we still have to do in the legislation, which is how will local

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There is no appropriation tied to this.
• There were no negative right-to-request-to-speak entries last year. It again as the...
• Negative right-to-request-to-speak entries last year.
• Farnsworth, as I mentioned, is in appropriations, but he did send me a note on this particular bill,
• I live in Tucson, Arizona, and I believe I signed up on the request to speak as needed for this bill.

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the minutes from January 20 and January 27, 2026, and then heard several bills dealing with water policy, environmental regulation, wildlife management, and cosmetics testing. SB 1278 would ban intentional solar radiation management activities in Arizona and bar public entities and recipients of public funds from supporting such technologies; supporters argued it was needed to stop geoengineering, while opponents said it would block research and distract from real pollution problems. The committee voted 5-2 to give SB 1278 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1279, which updates Arizona’s weather modification/cloud seeding permitting process by adding ADWR and ADEQ review, public notice and meetings, and a licensing database. A nine-page amendment shifted complaint enforcement to ADWR, added cease-and-desist and fine authority, and changed rulemaking timelines; the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 5-2. Testimony was mixed: supporters emphasized transparency and safety, Salt River Project was neutral after stakeholder work, and ADEQ said it was neutral but warned it lacked standards, resources, and time to develop the required chemical limits and rules. SB 1005, which would prohibit the sale of cosmetics developed with animal testing beginning in 2027, received a do pass recommendation 4-2 after supporters cited cruelty concerns and the availability of non-animal testing methods. SB 1202, requiring ADWR to include outline data in five-year groundwater supply-and-demand assessments, also passed 4-2 despite agency concerns that the bill would require extensive hydrologic modeling, significant resources, and could produce misleading conclusions about available water. SB 1280, barring state transport or use of public resources to move Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona, passed 4-2 after testimony split between conservation advocates, who said it would hinder recovery, and supporters concerned about livestock impacts; Game and Fish was neutral. Finally, SB 1287, with a conforming amendment, passed 5-1 to extend a groundwater-use provision for irrigation grandfathered rights from initial AMAs to subsequent AMAs, which ADWR said would reduce burden and create parity across management areas.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 2174 provides that the legislative body of a county, city, or town, or the Secretary of the
• I want to thank Representative Klicker for sponsoring this legislation.
• I cannot understate how much we appreciate that someone is listening to our requests and our concerns
• I appreciate that someone is listening to our requests and our concerns and helping us address these
• I represent the amazing people of the 35th legislative district.

Bills: HB2267 , HB2183 , HB2174 , HB1529

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: urban forestry, local government, environmental policy, tree management, community planning, heat response, counties, public health, emergency management, climate action, crash prevention, traffic safety, roadside regulations, emergency zones, public safety, state legislation, infrastructure, county resources, road construction, maintenance

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> makers to observe the legislative makers to observe the legislative process<00:15:50.800><c> up<
• And on the the prior legislative day.
• </c> notation and to contact from appropriate notation and to contact from appropriate executive<01:07
• </c> uh for just picking up this legislation. uh for just picking up this legislation.
• </c> the appropriate time? the appropriate time?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• for proposal bid under KRS request for proposal bid under KRS chapter<00:08:53.680><c> 45A.
• They approve or issue official denials of transportation requests and they attend and testify for NMT
• </c><00:58:29.680><c> spending</c> our um ask and appropriately spending our um ask and appropriately
• We're requesting an increase to $15 million over the next two years.
• Um, our request today is around establishing a new hospice care center.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the October 15 minutes, and began with a moment of silence following a Louisville UPS plane explosion that was described as a local tragedy affecting many families and first responders. The main presentation was an overview of Kentucky’s Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NMT) program from the Department for Medicaid Services and the Transportation Cabinet. Witnesses explained that NMT is a federally required Medicaid benefit, administered by the Transportation Cabinet under a risk-based capitated model, with eligibility limited to Medicaid members traveling to medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services and who lack access to other transportation. They also described exclusions, including certain KCHIP, QMB, and PACE members, and outlined the brokered regional structure, call center operations, scheduling rules, vehicle and driver oversight, complaint handling, and rider surveys. The presenters reported that NMT handled more than 3.1 million trips in state fiscal year 2024, with over 1.38 million trips already recorded in October, and said customer satisfaction surveys were high. They said the FY 2025-26 contract total is about $360.6 million, with monthly per-member capitation rates set by region through an actuarial process and approved by CMS. They emphasized that payments are tied to monthly Medicaid enrollment and that the state draws down federal funds for the exact amount paid, with no leftover balance. They also said most NMT use comes from adult day centers and rehabilitative care such as dialysis. Members questioned the witnesses about how quality metrics and contract standards are set, whether the state had explored alternatives such as Uber Health or other integrated models, and how utilization was calculated. The witnesses said contract requirements are developed collaboratively by Medicaid Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and other agencies, and that studies of other models generally found higher costs and lower approval ratings, with additional research on a hybrid model expected by the end of the year. They clarified that one figure reflected the share of Medicaid members with registered vehicles, while another reflected actual NMT users, and they defended the capitated structure as shifting financial risk to brokers rather than the state. Representative Fleming also raised concerns about oversight, reporting, and the apparent gap between budgeted and contracted amounts, asking whether any unused funds would return to general funds; the discussion ended before a final answer was given.

Transcript Highlights:

• And upon request by an care facility.
• </c> additional appropriation in this bill. additional appropriation in this bill.
• </c> about appropriating any money. about appropriating any money. And<00:24:34.720><c> Mr.
• I called the request is through me.
• </c> two on page 16 there's appropriated two on page 16 there's appropriated um<00:53:41.280><c> $15,000

Bills: SF0071 , SF0088 , SF0056

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: homeland security, search and rescue, grants, emergency response, Wyoming, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, public safety, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, kratom, regulation, healthcare, age restrictions, manufacturing standards, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Nothing in this legislation, AB 1235, would preclude...
• All right, we'll now have the Chair present his legislation.
• The motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee.
• To the Appropriations Committee, Tongipa, not voting.
• The motion is due pass to the Appropriations Committee. Patel.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard a series of bills focused on expanding access to higher education, addressing workforce shortages, student housing, and labor standards on campus projects. AB 662 would create a South County Higher Education Task Force to explore a mixed-use, intersegmental institution in Chula Vista; supporters said South San Diego County is a “college desert,” while the bill passed on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations. AB 885 would establish a College Access for All Fund to help make CSU and UC attendance more affordable; supporters cited student debt and affordability concerns, and it also passed to Appropriations. AB 730 would provide $15 million to help establish a medical school in the Central Valley to address physician shortages, and it advanced on a due pass motion. AB 1400 would let up to 15 community college districts pilot bachelor’s degrees in nursing; supporters argued it would expand affordable BSN access and keep students local, while CSU, UC, and other higher education groups opposed it as unnecessary and inconsistent with the master plan. The bill passed to Appropriations, with members raising questions about clinical placements, faculty shortages, and possible effects on associate-degree programs. The committee also considered AB 1235, which would require CSU design-build projects to use a skilled and trained workforce, aligning CSU with other public higher education construction standards. Supporters said it would improve safety, training, and local job opportunities, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 1247 would restrict contracting out of classified school and community college jobs unless workers meet training and qualification standards and would address pension and training concerns; supporters said it would protect students and classified employees, while school and college groups warned it would disrupt services and add unfunded mandates. The bill passed to Appropriations with one no vote. AB 1470, presented on behalf of Assemblymember Haney, would allow a portion of student housing revolving loan funds to be used for affordable student, faculty, and staff housing in downtown and commercial districts; it was discussed as a housing and downtown revitalization measure, but the committee held off on a motion pending more members. ACA 3, also on behalf of Haney, would require UC to offer limited down payment loans to eligible long-term support staff first-time homebuyers; it drew extensive support from UC workers and unions, while UC and business groups opposed it as costly and outside UC’s mission, and the measure was still under discussion at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to the January 22nd, 2026 Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing.
• I respectfully request your support of AB 35. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• I respectfully request your support of AB 35. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• The current legislation has had two years to work, and it's fallen short, adding to builder costs and
• An electronic copy of the agenda is available online at the Assembly Appropriations Committee website

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on January 22, 2026, for its regular order hearing and suspense-file hearing. In regular order, the committee approved consent-calendar bills AB 683, AB 763, AB 1126, and AB 1278 on unanimous due-pass motions, and AB 34 and AB 442 on a second unanimous due-pass motion. The committee then heard and advanced several bills, including AB 35, which would create an APA exemption for Proposition 4-funded programs to speed implementation of water, wildfire, energy-storage, and grid-support projects; AB 748, establishing pre-approved housing programs for local agencies; AB 939, allowing immediate transfer of certain affordable homeownership units to qualified nonprofit housing organizations; AB 643, adding a narrow organic-waste-derived agricultural fertilizer product to SB 1383 procurement options; and AB 96, removing the high school diploma requirement for certified Medi-Cal peer support specialists. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with sponsors and coalition representatives emphasizing reduced delays, lower costs, and improved housing, environmental, or behavioral-health outcomes. The Department of Finance offered general budget comments but no bill-specific positions. The committee voted the bills out, with AB 643 and AB 96 receiving no recorded opposition in the transcript and AB 939 passing with some members noting support and interest in coauthoring. The committee also received a presentation-only discussion of AB 1091, a proposal to authorize eight-letter specialty license plates, which the author said could generate revenue for rural programs such as the Williamson Act; the bill was not acted on at that time. After public comment, the committee moved to the suspense-file hearing on 53 bills. Using a substituted motion for due-pass and due-pass-with-amendments items, the committee held some bills and advanced many others, often with amendments that narrowed scope, deleted provisions, or required reports or studies. Bills held in committee included AB 405, AB 298, AB 333, AB 296, AB 1091, AB 1241, and AB 577, among others. The committee reported moving 43 bills to the Assembly floor, with several on A roll calls and others on B roll calls or with amendments, and noted that amendment language would be posted later online.

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 395 makes it so that we can have a voice in legislation that affects us personally and gives us the
• educated DCF at the summit and met with leadership that included a DCF Secretary involved in the legislative
• It raised significant questions including requests for data that to this point has not yet been provided
• Without that requested underlying data on coverage, premiums, claims history, and the types of lawsuits
• Despite repeated requests, this data has not been provided for committee review or for development of

Transcript Highlights:

• >> THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JUSTICE WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
• SENATOR GARCIA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED EXPLAIN TAB ONE STB 70 14 BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL
• THIS BILL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, ACCESSIBILITY AND INTEGRITY WITH
• THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION CAME ABOUT FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT I SAW IN THE MIAMI HERALD THAT BASICALLY
• THIS CREATES A NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE FOR A PROPERTY OWNER TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY SHERIFF REMOVE AN

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• it's reasonably appropriate.
• Uh I charge my car only at appropriate.
• </c> flat fee I don't think is appropriate flat fee I don't think is appropriate because<00:15:39.120
• </c><00:18:21.200><c> that</c> help inform future legislation that help inform future legislation that
• </c><01:10:30.800><c> for</c> which we had we had uh had a request for which we had we had uh had a request

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then the school said, no, that's not appropriate for us.
• A fiscal note was requested but is not yet available. That concludes my presentation.
• A fiscal note was requested but is not yet available. That concludes my presentation.
• And so I am Claire Wilson, proud senator of the 30th legislative district.
• And I do love that this proposal recognizes 'when appropriate.'

Bills: SB5952 , SB5961 , SB5969 , SB5841 , SB5943

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: physical education, school districts, student requirements, education policy, high school, early literacy, childhood literacy, book distribution, Imagination Library, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, preschool, pre-K, reading readiness, school readiness, birth to age five, young children, nonprofit contract, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, DCYF

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the Department of Corrections operating deficiency request.
• $10 million in previously appropriated funds to address the budget shortfall for fiscal year 2025.
• Without the<00:19:09.280><c> requested</c><00:19:09.840><c> funds,</c><00:19:10.240><c> the</c><00:19
• :10.400><c> DOC</c><00:19:10.880><c> will</c><00:19:11.120><c> face</c> the requested funds, the DOC
• will face the requested funds, the DOC will face severe<00:19:11.840><c> operational</c><00:19:12.559

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have the base appropriations from the February forecast on line two, the incremental change in appropriations
• We have the base appropriations from the February forecast on line two, the incremental change in appropriations
• We have the base appropriations from the February forecast on line two, the incremental change in appropriations
• We have the base appropriations from the February forecast on line two, the incremental change in appropriations
• </c> how to handle a surplus appropriation. how to handle a surplus appropriation.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Conference Committee reviewed differences among the Governor’s, House, and Senate proposals for state grant parameter changes and their effects on state grant spending, North Star Promise spending, and average student awards. Nonpartisan staff explained that the proposals use different combinations of parameter changes, with the Governor’s and Senate plans modeled to avoid or minimize rationing, while the House plan would require rationing to balance the program. Staff reported projected biennium balances of a positive $29.836 million for the Governor’s proposal, a negative $60.758 million for the House proposal without rationing, a positive $994,000 for the House proposal with rationing, and a positive $3.623 million for the Senate proposal; North Star Promise balances also varied, with the Senate showing a positive balance and the Governor and House with rationing showing negative balances. Staff also said the Senate proposal would extend availability of the state grant appropriation and suspend surplus procedures through fiscal year 2029, allowing the balance to carry forward. The committee then focused on the House-only tuition and fee cap provision, which would limit the tuition recognized for state grant purposes for four-year programs to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities level, with 1% annual increases in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. House members said the cap was intended to address rising tuition, especially at the University of Minnesota, and to produce savings in the state grant program. The governor’s office confirmed the provision was not included in the Governor’s bill. Representatives from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Private College Council opposed the cap, arguing it would reduce awards for low-income students and shift costs to students rather than address underlying tuition pressures; they also said it could discourage enrollment at higher-cost institutions. Supporters from Minnesota State argued the cap would improve fairness because students at lower-tuition institutions are effectively capped lower, while students at more expensive institutions receive larger awards, and they said the legislature should intervene in a variable that has grown substantially over time. Committee members questioned how the cap would work and whether it was tied to the Twin Cities campus rate. Testifiers clarified that the state grant formula is tied to the University of Minnesota level, but because Minnesota State institutions are below that level, the cap effectively limits their students to their own lower tuition while allowing higher awards at the University of Minnesota and private colleges. No formal vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated the committee would continue with item-by-item review of the remaining parameter changes and hear additional testimony from agencies and institutions.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 3 is a DA request bill.
• Chairman of the committee. 3767 is just updating controlled dangerous substance at the request of Obn
• House Bill 3648 is a request bill from OU Health that would clean up an unintentional mistake that we
• So this was a utility re a constituent request bill from the local city manager.
• The only one that can take them out is a legislator to the legislature.

Bills: HB1322 , HB2015 , HB2933 , HB2941 , HB2959 , HB2977 , HB2981 , HB3040 , HB3055 , HB3062 , HB3087 , HB3115 , HB3134 , HB3244 , HB3297 , HB3298 , HB3299 , HB3304 , HB3319 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB3345 , HB3407 , HB3471 , HB3497 , HB3500 , HB3505 , HB3544 , HB3581 , HB3648 , HB3755 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB3767 , HB3906 , HB3974 , HB3982 , HB4104 , HB4105 , HB4106 , HB4107 , HB4108 , HB4126 , HB4130 , HB4139 , HB4144 , HB4170 , HB4202 , HB4226 , HB4227 , HB4236 , HB4260 , HB4343

Committee: House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, landlord, tenant rights, rental agreement, housing safety, tenant protections, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting