Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Educator worker safety is student Educator worker safety is student safety.<03:01:56.720><c> Uh<
• </c> endangers DOE employees and students. endangers DOE employees and students.
• by excluding K through 12 students.
• </c> exempts any of our current K12 students exempts any of our current K12 students and<03:09:16.000
• We stand by ready for any students.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments. Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure. A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• COLLEGE SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION TO FUND STUDENT
• SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT CLARIFIES SOME OF THE PERCENTAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, MARKETING PROMOTIONS, STUDENT
• SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THEN STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 02:55:21.680><c> the</c> multigenerational homes you know the multigenerational homes you know the student
• 22.760><c> don't</c><02:55:23.040><c> have</c><02:55:23.760><c> the</c><02:55:23.920><c> ability</c> student
• the kids don't have the ability student the kids don't have the ability to<02:55:25.080><c> uh</c><02

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, that's going to increase students.
• Our students are still waiting.
• Our students are still waiting. Our students are still waiting.
• This project is a long-term public investment in Northwest Minnesota students.
• Our member districts have students.

Bills: HF4680 , HF4047 , HF4590 , HF3757 , HF3569 , HF4507 , HF4426 , HF4927 , HF4788 , HF4757 , HF4747 , HF3561 , HF4014 , HF4013 , HF4689 , HF4766 , HF4589

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:

• He said students are employees and earn a livable wage while training to become an EMT.
• He said students are employees and earn a livable wage while training to become an EMT.
• He said students are employees and earn a livable wage while training to become an EMT.
• </c> staffed because of these eight students staffed because of these eight students solved<00:54:40.640
• </c><00:59:30.599><c> and</c> relationships between our students and relationships between our students

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The population to be served by this project are the students, staff, and associated community in the
• </c><00:16:23.000><c> and</c> uh to better serve our students and uh to better serve our students and
• I come to you today as an advocate of the future of our students, staff, and the entire Becker community
• I come to you today as an advocate of the future of our students, staff, and the entire Becker community
• exchange students uh to get<00:49:01.200><c> a</c><00:49:01.400><c> taste</c><00:49:01.760><c> of</c

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• allow us to promote the lottery, and the University of Arkansas is the entity that has the most students
• allow us to promote the lottery, and the University of Arkansas is the entity that has the most students
• rosters for the year, they'll send us a request saying we need X amount of money depending on how many students
• So once they get all of their rosters and they know how much each student gets, then they send us a request

Committee: All ALC-LOTTERY OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Over in the West Gallery, to my right, your left, we have students with the East Initiative here.
• Over in the West Gallery, to my right, your left, we have students with the East Initiative here for
• Students, would you please stand? Members, welcome them to your state capitol.
• Thank you, students, for being here.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 98 members present, and granted leave for Representative Jack Ladyman. The chamber then received committee reports from the Joint Budget Committee recommending passage of several appropriation bills, and the Governor’s communication noting approval of House Bill 1001 (Act 2). The Speaker also recognized guests in the galleries, including law enforcement personnel, doctors, students visiting for STEM Day, line workers, and representatives from the Council of State Governments. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to budget amendments and appropriation bills. The House adopted amendments to House Bills 1018, 1023, 1036, 1041, 1055, 1068, and 1077, covering items such as title changes at East Arkansas College, DHS and Department of Health staffing adjustments, Capitol Police positions for the Winthrop Rockefeller Building, transfer of the early childhood nutrition program to the Department of Agriculture, DFA position changes and the Rural Health Transformation Program, and DHS county office reductions. The chamber then passed House Bill 1060 for the State Library, and Senate Bills 5, 13, 39, and 56, which funded the Tobacco Settlement Commission, Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Arkansas State University, and Auditor of State continuing education/local offices. Most measures passed with strong support, though Senate Bill 56 drew 14 nays. Before adjournment, the Speaker announced the House was ahead of schedule and planned to move the following week’s calendar earlier, with a possible sine die adjournment on Wednesday if business proceeded as planned. Representative Meeks moved to adjourn until 1 p.m. the next day, and the motion carried without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• So members, please help me welcome this incredible young group of athletes, student athletes, most of
• them who are, I think, in the gallery, and then we have many of the students here represented.
• It's my honor to introduce students, teachers, and parents from Southlands Christian School's fourth
• It's my honor to introduce students, teachers, and parents from Southlands Christian School's fourth

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's my honor today to welcome and introduce some students from the Yakima Valley School District, the
• It's my honor today to welcome and introduce some students. ranking member. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• It's my honor today to welcome and introduce some students from the Yakima Valley School District, the
• For the students joining us from Yakima, you see it is a team effort up here. It's always a team.

Summary: The Consumer Protection and Business Committee met on February 25, 2026, received a staff briefing on eight bills, and discussed several proposed amendments before taking action on four measures after caucus. The briefing covered bills on insurance disclosure and wildfire risk modeling (SB 5928), travel insurance regulation (SB 6248), wildfire preparedness grants and insurance eligibility (SB 6079), insurance fraud enforcement (SB 6031), assignment of post-loss insurance benefits (SB 6178), mortgage modification safe harbors (SB 5831), real estate marketing restrictions (SB 6091), and virtual currency kiosk consumer protections (SB 5280). Members also asked about the “Beckett’s Law” title amendment and whether amendments to the virtual currency kiosk bill conflicted; staff said the amendments generally could be reconciled, though some policy differences remained. After recess, the committee deferred action on SB 5928, SB 6079, SB 6031, SB 6178, and SB 5280, and then voted to report Substitute Senate Bill 6248, the Washington Travel Insurance Act, out of committee with a do pass recommendation. Members spoke in support of the bill as a consumer protection measure and a benefit to the travel insurance industry. The committee then reported Senate Bill 5831, the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act, out with a do pass recommendation after members said it would preserve mortgage priority in certain modifications and noted the bill’s title-company-supported change. The committee next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6091, which would prohibit real estate brokers from marketing residential property to exclusive groups of buyers or brokers except for health and safety reasons. Representative Corey withdrew the amendment naming the act “Beckett’s Law,” and the committee approved the bill on a 13-1 vote with one excused member. The chair and ranking member closed by thanking committee staff for their work, and the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• know, sift through what are sort of the key things to delve deep into is a skill set that those students
• So I would probably recommend going for graduate students rather than undergraduate students.
• , especially for those small vignettes of outgoing legislators, it might be of interest to those students

Committee: Joint Legislative Oral History Committee

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're thinking more about the situation where you might have a student who...
• You might have a student who wants to have access to, like, a non-social media platform, like Netflix
• But then if that same student was to want to access those same cat videos on Instagram, that would not
• There's settled case law involving students and freedom of speech on campus, and it would appear to me

Summary: The committee considered a series of bills and resolutions for constitutional and proper-form review, with Tim Fleming from the Rules Attorney’s Office flagging potential issues and suggesting floor amendments in several cases. House Bill 2313, dealing with teachers’ strikes and work stoppages, was found to raise a pension-rights problem under the state constitution because it could diminish retirement benefits; the suggested fix was to remove the words “or former employment.” The committee also reviewed House Bill 2697 on opioid overdose emergencies and related immunity provisions, House Bill 2912 concerning Corporation Commission review of integrated resource plans for electric utilities, House Bill 2991 on parental consent for minors’ social media accounts, House Bill 4010 regulating genetic counselors and conscience protections, and House Bill 4115 and HCR 2051 regarding petition circulator identification requirements. In each of those measures, the rules attorney identified constitutional concerns tied to anti-abrogation, separation of powers/rate-making authority, First Amendment issues, or lawsuit-threat language, but indicated proposed amendments could resolve them. Members asked questions and debated the constitutional analysis, especially on HB 2912 and HB 2991. On HB 2912, one member argued the bill concerned policy and modeling rather than rate-setting, while others noted the complexity of the commission’s authority. On HB 2991, the sponsor said the measure had been under negotiation for months and was intended to avoid constitutional conflict, though the rules attorney said the First Amendment case law was not yet well developed. For HB 4010, the committee focused on a provision that could prohibit threatening a lawsuit against a genetic counselor, which the attorney said should be removed. For HB 4115 and HCR 2051, the attorney cited Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation as a reason to delete the petition-circulator name-disclosure requirement. The committee voted to recommend each of the individually discussed measures as constitutional and in proper form, generally by 4-2 votes with two absent, including HB 2313, HB 2697, HB 2912, HB 2991, HB 4010, and HB 4115/HCR 2051. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved a large mass motion covering many additional bills and resolutions, and that package was recommended by a 6-0 vote with two absent. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• know, sift through what are sort of the key things to delve deep into is a skill set that those students
• So I would probably recommend going for graduate students rather than undergraduate students.
• It might be of interest to those students to be involved. Fair idea.

Committee: Joint Legislative Oral History Committee

Summary: The Legislative Oral History Committee met to elect officers for the coming year, unanimously selecting Senator Schessler as chair and Ramos Santos as vice chair by voice vote. Staff then updated members on completed and in-progress oral history projects, including the printed oral history of former House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler, which has had interviews completed and is now being edited with photographs added, and the Mary Margaret Howgan project, for which staff is still seeking a contractor to finish the work. Members discussed where completed oral histories are stored and learned they are posted on the committee website, with some additional printed copies available and the website itself being redesigned. The committee also reviewed its finances, hearing that the account balance was $79,639.20, though members noted inconsistencies in the report and asked staff to provide a fuller accounting later. Staff said typical oral history projects cost about $10,000 to $15,000 each. The committee received an update on TVW-produced video projects, which are complete and will be posted once the oral histories web page is ready. Staff identified the topics as the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, early legislative technology, and the PDC/party-switch history involving former legislator P.V. Reichertbauer. Members then brainstormed future projects, including campus history, leadership-focused histories, interviews with departing members, and oral histories of women and former staff who became legislators. By motion and voice vote, the committee approved conducting oral histories of former Representative Barb Lisk and Senator Hargrove, and also established a program to interview the longest-serving retiring member of each caucus every biennium. Members discussed possible interviewers, including staff, TVW, and university-based or other nonprofit oral history practitioners, and asked staff to explore options and report back.

Transcript Highlights:

• FAMILIES AND STUDENTS HAVE BENEFITED AND THE ACADEMIC BAR HAS BEEN RAISED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
• FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THEIR STUDENTS
• TO THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH AND THE PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC RIGOR AND INTEGRITY AND THE PREPARATION OF STUDENTS
• DESERVES UNIVERSITIES THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION ON DOCTOR NATION AND THE EDUCATION MUST BE ATTAINABLE FOR STUDENTS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Families and students have benefited and the academic bar has been raised throughout the state.
• for making a difference as so many of our teachers have made a difference in the lives of their students
• to the pursuit of truth and the promotion of academic rigor and integrity and the preparation of students
• universities that provide education, not indoctrination, and the education must be attainable for students

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Department of Health trained 266 students.
• students.
• Earlier years had a higher student count because of the shorter online classes.
• And many of our business students come actually from Thank you.
• We do see a lot of our students, the majority of our students, who are at New Mexico schools for two

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Environment Department on PFAS contamination in private wells in La Cienega, Santa Fe County. Staff said the plume likely came from historic use of firefighting foam associated with airport and National Guard fire-training activities, with possible additional contribution from septic systems and consumer products. They described the contamination as affecting about 200 private wells, the short-term response of providing residential filters through a $2 million legislative appropriation, and ongoing work to define the plume’s full extent, identify responsible parties, and consider longer-term regional water solutions. Members asked about filter costs, replacement schedules, disposal of used cartridges, follow-up testing, health studies, and whether cleanup or containment had begun; the department said cleanup would follow once the plume is fully mapped and that DOH is soliciting interest in a blood study. The committee also discussed the need to track disposal of PFAS filters and the possibility of broader statewide capacity for similar work. The committee then took up abandoned uranium mine cleanup. NMED and EMNRD staff reviewed the new uranium mine reclamation program created by HB 164, the state dashboard tracking sites, and the FY26 appropriation of $20 million for neglected contaminated sites, of which $12 million is being used for neglected uranium mines and the remainder for other contaminated sites. They said six contractors were hired, three priority sites in Grant County are moving forward quickly, and additional sites are being prepared for possible FY27 work. Members pressed for details on how funds are spent, why the revolving fund remains unfunded, how federal, state, tribal, and landowner requirements are coordinated, where contaminated material will be moved, and whether cleanup could also address homes built with contaminated materials. Staff said the work is governed by multiple regulatory layers, that the state is seeking an additional $25 million for FY27-FY28 plus a time extension, and that partnerships with tribes would require longer-term agreements. The committee also discussed federal cleanup efforts and the new Good Samaritan law, with members urging stronger advocacy for New Mexico sites, including tribal lands, and asking whether the Attorney General should pursue legal action against federal parties responsible for legacy contamination. Staff explained that some sites are already covered by settlement funds tied to responsible parties, while neglected sites are those with no responsible party and no other cleanup program. The committee then heard from EMNRD on Class VI carbon sequestration primacy. Staff said New Mexico currently has no operating Class VI wells, about 27 Class II acid-gas injection wells are operating, and only a small number might be candidates for conversion. They explained that the state’s primacy application would require more public outreach than federal rules alone, and that cost estimates for post-injection site care are based on long planning horizons, with some costs borne by operators and some by the state after closure. No votes were taken on the substantive items discussed; the committee approved the prior meeting minutes and took a brief recess between presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• Oversight Commission shall hear only appeals of decisions relating to eligibility due to transfers of students
• As Governor Kehoe mentioned in the State of the State Address, we need to return to the values of student
• The commission we're creating gives parents, students, coaches, school districts, etc., an avenue to

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Oversight Commission shall hear only appeals of decisions relating to eligibility due to transfers of students
• As Governor Kehoe mentioned in the State of the State Address, we need to return to the values of student
• The commission we're creating gives parents, students, coaches, school districts, et cetera, an avenue

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Summary: The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions held a public hearing and executive session on Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 863. Senator Jason Bean presented the bill, which would create an Interscholastic Athletic Oversight Commission appointed by the Governor to hear certain appeals involving MSHSAA decisions, limited to eligibility matters such as athletic-transfer eligibility and contest procedures. He said the commission would provide an independent appeal avenue for parents, students, coaches, and school districts, could recommend rule changes, and would submit an annual report to legislative committees. Bean noted the bill had been worked on with MSHSAA and stakeholders and had passed the Senate 20-8. Jim Foley of the School Administrators' Council testified in support, saying the group had worked through contentious issues and supported the bill because it focuses on appeals rather than operational control. No witnesses testified in opposition or for information only, and no committee questions were raised after the sponsor's presentation. The committee then moved the bill do pass. The roll call vote was unanimous, 12 yeas and 0 nays, and Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 863 was reported do pass. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• focuses on promoting arts education in schools and expanding access to creative opportunities for students
• FOCUSES ON PROMOTING ARTS EDUCATION IN SCHOOSCHOOLS AND EXPANDING ACCEO CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
• A little about Miss Nadia Anwar: she's New York Teen 2025, a student at Sacred Heart University, double
• Through her nonprofit, she's inspired more than 2,000 students and raised nearly $10,000 to support arts
• And so, whether it is that, whether it is requiring colleges to advise study abroad students in advance

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s journal and proceeded to a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early business included several motions to discharge Assembly bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, along with a few bills laid aside for the day. The chamber also recalled two bills from the Assembly, restored one bill to the Third Reading Calendar after reconsideration, and received amendments on two other bills without changing their calendar status. The Senate then took up a large number of bills across topics including labor, energy, insurance, consumer protection, environmental conservation, health, banking, elections, public service, education, workers’ compensation, criminal justice, local government, and tax law. Most measures passed with broad support, though several drew recorded opposition. Notable debate included Senator Mayer’s explanation for a bill intended to prevent treatment-court participants, including veterans, from losing their driver’s licenses twice after completing diversion programs; Senator Ryan’s support for a bill expanding prosecutors’ ability to treat repeat sexual abuse as persistent abuse; and a sharp exchange on a bill repealing New York’s HIV/STI criminalization law, with Senators Borrello and Chan opposing it and Senator Salazar defending the repeal as necessary to reduce stigma and protect survivors. The chamber also adopted and recognized several resolutions and guest presentations. Members welcomed the Tri-Valley Secondary School girls cross country champions, Miss America Cassie Donagan and Miss New York Teen Nadia Anwar, and the Hudson High School varsity boys basketball team. Later, the Senate took up a resolution proclaiming May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Month, with multiple senators speaking in support of greater awareness, reduced stigma, and improved care for pregnant and postpartum New Yorkers. At the end of the session, the sponsors opened the day’s resolutions for co-sponsorship, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, June 1 at 12 noon, with intervening days designated as legislative days.

Transcript Highlights:

• When most students are graduating high school, we give them a path forward.
• When most students are graduating high school, we give them a path forward.
• And the lessons in creativity brought out in arts education are especially critical today as students
• We also know that an arts education can... ...connect to students who are most disconnected from the
• So by remaining committed to making arts education programs accessible to all of our students, we're

Keywords: 987, senate, all