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• 67-903, Idaho Code, as enacted by Section 2, Chapter 107, Laws of 2025, to redesignate the section and
• House Bill 638, by the State Affairs Committee, an act relating to elections, amending Section 34-102
• An act relating to elections, amending Section 34-102, Idaho Code, to revise the definition of a term
• Amending Section 34-106, Idaho Code, to provide a presidential primary date; amending Section 34-411A
• Amending Section 34-1203.

Summary: The House convened with 68 members present, approved the February 12, 2026 journal, and received messages from the Senate, including referral of House Joint Memorial 10 for enrolling and return of Senate Joint Memorial 107 signed by the Speaker. Standing committee reports advanced several bills: House Bills 607, 528, 530, 519, and 599 were sent to second reading, while House Bills 522 and 570 were placed on general orders. House Concurrent Resolution 27, honoring Idaho civilians who served on Wake Island during World War II, was referred for printing. The House also introduced a large group of new bills, including measures on gold and silver coin, elections and presidential primaries, midwifery, foreign adversary investments, retirement and public safety death benefits, building codes, travel insurance, portable benefits, litigation financing, manufactured homes, anti-cancer medications, interest rates, state sovereignty, big game depredation claims, hunting as the state sport, police dogs, preceptor prior authorization exemptions, student data collection, and charter school admissions; all were referred for printing. On third reading, Senate Bill 1225 was moved to the top of the calendar and passed the House 67-1 after debate describing it as a public records and university presidential search bill that changes the disclosure rule from five finalists to a sole finalist and requires public updates and a 10-day public review period before final selection. House Bill 561 was sent to general orders after discussion of flag displays, including allowing the Basque flag and limiting certain city flagpole displays. House Bill 520, an Office of Administrative Hearings measure standardizing notice requirements in contested cases, passed 66-2 after concerns were raised about proving receipt of mailed notice. House Bill 579, updating justifiable homicide language to broaden who may be defended, passed 68-1. House Bill 580, repealing antiquated or unused criminal statutes, passed 68-1. House Bill 581, creating a formal process for legislative review of Supreme Court rules, passed 65-5. House Bill 583, the short-term rental bill, drew the most extensive debate. Supporters argued it protects private property rights and prevents local governments from effectively banning short-term rentals through restrictive ordinances, while opponents warned it weakens protections for residential neighborhoods and shifts enforcement burdens onto neighbors and local complaints. Several members declared Rule 80 conflicts, including ownership of short-term rentals or related businesses. After debate, the bill passed 54-16 and was sent to the Senate. The House then held the remaining third-reading bills for one legislative day, received the enrolled House Joint Memorial 10 back for the Senate President’s signature, made announcements about committee meetings and events, and adjourned until 11 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026.

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• In section 14, this is the non-emergency medical transport services section.
• In<00:11:08.080><c> section</c><00:11:08.480><c> 14,</c> In section 14, In section 14, this<00:11:10.120
• Section 16, the Medicaid data Thank you. Section 16, the Medicaid data sharing.
• Sections 18 and 19, no substantive changes in those sections except for 19.
• </c> section seven. section seven.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum to consider the Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill 2, a major Medicaid bill. Members first adopted the substitute and then adopted Amendment 9770. The bill was described as a lengthy rewrite aimed at aligning Kentucky Medicaid policy with federal requirements under HR 1, while also preserving program integrity and addressing due process concerns. Senators and staff repeatedly emphasized that the measure was the product of extensive meetings with providers, associations, and work groups. The sponsor’s section-by-section summary highlighted several key changes: delaying and reducing cost-sharing requirements; pushing eligibility redetermination deadlines to the federal date; restoring some flexibility for hardship waivers; allowing self-attestation as a last resort; modifying MCO audit provisions; clarifying non-emergency medical transport GPS costs; expanding waiver attestation authority to nurse practitioners and licensed psychologists; adding qualified aliens to waiver eligibility to comply with federal law; requiring Medicaid data sharing with the oversight board; limiting changes to Medicaid benefits without General Assembly authorization; narrowing the prescription drug exclusion to drugs prescribed primarily for weight loss; and delaying the dental ASO transition until 2029. The substitute also deleted a proposed auditor review requirement and retained an emergency clause. Committee discussion focused heavily on the policy and fiscal implications of the cost-sharing and recertification provisions. Senators raised concerns about whether the co-pays would be effective or simply shift costs to providers, whether the recertification process would burden the Cabinet and cause eligible people to lose coverage, and how the bill would affect people transitioning from Medicaid into work. Supporters said the lower cost-sharing amounts were intended to encourage appropriate use of care, protect providers, and comply with federal law, and they noted that the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board would help shape future changes. A public witness, Maggie Chisholm, gave emotional testimony about her daughter’s experience with a Medicaid waiver and argued that policy delays and administrative disconnects can harm vulnerable families. No final vote on the bill itself was recorded in the excerpt, but the substitute and amendment were adopted and testimony continued.

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• And so, I'm trying to figure out, you know, the section that's missing was the section that's missing
• And so it is. language, there's a section that she had language, there's a section that she had in<00
• </c><00:18:51.159><c> federal</c><00:18:52.280><c> section</c> rule making section, the federal section
• :19:10.080><c> the</c><00:19:10.200><c> entire</c> section, does it bring the entire section, does it

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So that portion will be in their sections<00:08:35.839><c> as</c> sections as sections as well.<00:08
• Uh, same page, section two section one.
• And that is also a change in Section 28. Uh, Sections 29 to 32.
• Um<00:43:38.079><c> section</c> Um section Um section 57<00:43:40.720><c> which</c><00:43:40.960><c>
• Section 63 also has technical direction to the Revisor of Statutes, and Section 64 repeals certain sections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm going to walk through every section. I'm going to walk through every section quickly.
• And Section 9 just talks about that more. Section 10 is really a major change.
• Section 20 is a study.
• Next changes in Section 7.
• Section 11 is just renumbered since we added that new Section 10.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.

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• House Bill 2132, an act amending section 13-34-A-8, A-8, A-7, 3-4-4-2.
• sections related to the county water augmentation authority.
• sections related to the county water augmentation authority.
• House Bill 2026, an act amending Section 45-576 relating to groundwater.
• House Bill 2132, enacting Section...

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized guests including participants in the Southern Arizona Water Leadership Institute and the Doctor of the Day, and then moved through a series of procedural actions, committee reports, and Committee of the Whole calendars. The chamber considered several House bills dealing mainly with water policy, air quality, local regulation and airport buffers, timeshare sales, advertising/digital goods refunds, elections, probation, radiologic technologies, firefighters, health care, property tax, state agencies, tourism, employment relationships, motor vehicle warranties, the State Fire Marshal, education, and retirement system provisions. Several floor and committee amendments were adopted, including amendments to HB 2428, HB 2875, HB 2877, HB 2029, and HB 2010; one amendment to HB 2029 failed on a 13-14 vote. On third reading, the Senate passed HB 2006, HB 2050, HB 246, HB 262, HB 2089, HB 2090, HB 292, HB 298, HB 2122, HB 2126, HB 2138, HB 2176, HB 2177, HB 2173, HB 2178, HB 2179, HB 2258, HB 2310, HB 2323, HB 2324, HB 2395, HB 2010, HB 2029, HB 2132, HB 2261, HB 2428, HB 2875, and HB 2877, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous or near-unanimous support to more divided outcomes on HB 2026, HB 2132, HB 2261, and HB 2877. HB 2026 drew criticism over assured water supply and commingling concerns, while HB 2029’s statewide water-conservation analysis amendment was defended as a responsible use of public funds. HB 2177 drew supportive explanations from senators noting its importance for tribal waiver-related services. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to SB 1092, SB 1430, and SB 1479, then adopted final readings on those measures. SB 1092, dealing with dangerous crimes against children probation, passed 18-10 after debate over judicial discretion and sentencing policy; SB 1430 passed unanimously; and SB 1479 passed 20-1. The session concluded with the Senate adjourning until April 8, 2026, at 10 a.m.

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• Section 3, end of bill. Senator Doñate: Thank you, Mr. President.
• Section 13, end of bill. Senator Titus. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Section 5, end of bill. Senator Stone. Thank you, Mr. President.
• 1 and to section 1.
• The people of state Nevada represented in Senate and Assembly to enact as follows section 1 into section

Keywords: 909, all

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• </c> Sections Sections Sections 56<00:21:26.720><c> 17-</c><00:21:27.600><c> 19</c><00:21:28.240><c>
• Sections 22 and 24 are new. They modify Sections 22 and 24 are new.
• Sections 11 through 14. Um, ownership. Sections 11 through 14.
• Section 5 is new.
• Section 5 is new.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• Section<00:37:37.480><c> 4,</c> Section 4, Section 4, Vermont<00:37:39.359><c> Prescription</c><00:37
• Thank you. related to section two sections two and related to section two sections two and three.<02:
• Section 1 amends 20 VSA Section 10 to Section 1 amends 20 VSA Section 10 to clarify<03:12:09.680><c>
• </c> stalking in section nine. stalking in section nine.
• <c> Section</c><03:52:57.040><c> 26</c><03:52:57.520><c> will</c> Section 27 provides that Section 26

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• That'd be probably Section 7. That'd be probably Section 17.
• Let's start with the sections, the higher education funding formula, Sections...
• Let's go now to Section 18, which is on page 3. Section 18, which is on page 3.
• Section 3. Chamber therapy we've given them that travel authority section 31.
• , you'll see section 3, other funds received; section 23 is carryover authority; section 30 is a transfer

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: higher education, student loans, scholarships, capital projects, workforce development, funding, North Dakota university system, 908, all

Summary: The committee met to work through the higher education budget, beginning with a conflict-of-interest request from Representative Martinson, who was excused from voting because of a partnership that leases office space to Bismarck State College. Members then reviewed the higher education institution budget sheets, covering ongoing and one-time funding items for campuses and system projects such as BSC housing, Lake Region roof repairs, UND’s STEM and National Security Crossroads projects, the UND allied health facility, NDSU projects including New Horizons, DSU deferred maintenance and campus security, Mayville’s Old Main, Minot projects, and the regional health institutes. Members also discussed student financial assistance, the professional student exchange program, IT security funding, and workforce/education innovation grants. Several amendments and policy questions were debated. The committee adopted an amendment to make workforce education innovation grants competitive rather than automatically distributed, and then voted to remove language prohibiting those funds from being used to duplicate academic programs. Members also removed similar anti-duplication language from the New Horizons section. They agreed to extend the UND hyperbaric chamber transfer authority to 2027 and clarified language around UND land-sale proceeds. A proposed amendment to add $5.6 million for the Wahpeton State School of Science building purchase failed for lack of a second, and a proposal to restore fetal alcohol spectrum disorder funding to UND was left for conference. The committee also discussed, but did not add, a tuition cap change, a study on the Praxis exam, and several governance-related provisions. The committee spent significant time on broader higher education policy items, including a $3 million enterprise resource planning request for the university system, a $2 million grant program for students who are pregnant, recently gave birth, or are caring for young children, and a $1.1 million request for library age-verification software tied to the Odin system. Members also discussed dual-credit authority for UND and NDSU, a goal for the UND medical school to increase North Dakota resident enrollment, and intent language regarding the commissioner/chancellor model and presidential search authority. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved the amendments and then gave the higher education budget a do-pass recommendation as amended, with Representative Sanford designated as the carrier. The Forest Service budget was also approved, including two additional FTEs, and the committee adjourned after noting it would continue with other budgets the next day.

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• 33, Section 1; Laws 2025, Section 1; Laws 2028, Chapter 303, Section 1; and Laws 2020, Chapter 305,
• Section 3.
• 41-141, amending section 41-641 of that statute, repealing section 21-321, it was an advice section
• Section 41, section 41, section 41, section 41,000, amending section 40-190.408 of the statute.
• Section 2, 1-192. Section 411-202. Section 413-19. Many section, 403, 3.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So, I'll note that this amends after sections by inserting after section or replacing section two.
• </c> inserting after section or replacing inserting after section or replacing section<00:05:35.760><
• </c> section two. section two. &gt;&gt; Two,<00:05:36.440><c> correct.
• </c> section is in section one of the bill. section is in section one of the bill.
• That's in section That's in section one. That's in section one.<00:06:49.240><c> Yep.</c> one.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c> section 11. section 11.
• Uh this section was renamed section 11.
• We propose to delete that section. The fourth instance is striking out section five. Section five.
• That's<01:52:54.720><c> section</c> That's section That's section Section<01:52:56.080><c> 3.
• </c> Section 3. Section 3.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• that are included in Section 005.
• We also deleted unnecessary taglines from multiple sections within this section, and this is a similar
• : page 133, Section 003, and also page 137, Section 2001A, along with the table.
• Section 200, subsection 01A.
• zero zero three and section 501 with the exception of section 003 and section 200 subsection 01A and

Summary: The Environment, Energy and Technology Committee met to consider a series of Department of Environmental Quality rule dockets, largely involving incorporation by reference of federal rules and zero-based regulation cleanup. DEQ staff explained the concept of program primacy, the timing of federal rule changes versus Idaho adoption, and why some rules are incorporated by reference rather than written out in full. Members asked about how federal changes are tracked, why the state does not simply reproduce the federal text, and how the agency handles timing gaps when federal rules become effective before Idaho updates its rules. The committee approved the hazardous waste docket, the air quality docket, and two drinking water dockets covering Consumer Confidence Reports and Lead and Copper Rule revisions. It also approved a narrow drinking water pressure-standard correction with an early effective date of sine die, and a water quality standards docket that made administrative updates to align Idaho rules with EPA actions. In the cyanidation docket, DEQ described changes required by Senate Bill 1170 and noted that the temporary rule and pending rule were both before the committee; the committee approved the docket to extend the temporary rule and allow the pending rule to proceed. The committee also approved solid waste rules revised under zero-based regulation, wastewater rules that modernized language and clarified that aquaculture facilities are not subject to municipal wastewater requirements, and loan-fund administration rules that reorganized affordability criteria and disadvantaged-community tiers for SRF assistance. Finally, the committee approved the groundwater quality rule with an exception: Representative Bruce moved to approve it except for sections 003 and 200(01A), arguing that unresolved federal PFAS-related standards should not be incorporated before federal finality. The committee adopted that motion, and the meeting adjourned after a brief member introduction of a wastewater treatment project in the audience.

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• That's what that section is there. That takes us to section 52.
• So section 60, I correction section 59.
• So that takes us to page 31, section 77. Section 77.
• Uh<00:50:20.960><c> section</c> Uh section Uh section 88<00:50:23.359><c> is</c><00:50:23.599><c> the
• You mentioned next section, section 84.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• section."
• Section 13 is a new section.
• Section<01:16:03.360><c> 17</c> Section 17 Section 17 U<01:16:05.360><c> 2449.
• Uh section 26 amends 19 VSA. Section 10 Uh section 26 amends 19 VSA.
• Further in in section 40 and section 41.

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• Section 15, which is a Senate-only section on R118 through R120, goes along with the previous section
• Section 16 is a Senate-only section on R120, and this is related to the previous two sections.
• Section 17, excuse me, Senate section 17, House Article 1, Section 10 on R120 through R125.
• section in section is the only identical section in the<00:36:23.760><c> policy</c><00:36:24.320><c>
• It is Senate<00:36:26.320><c> section</c> Senate section Senate section 18,<00:36:28.400><c> House</c

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on the Environment budget for Senate File 2077 met to introduce members and staff, then walked through the Senate and House budget spreadsheets side by side. Nonpartisan staff explained that the Senate budget was built around a smaller general fund increase and more use of environmental and dedicated funds, while the House met its target through several reductions, including cuts to DNR, PCA, and Board of Water and Soil Resources appropriations. The committee reviewed major agency items for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Zoo, and other accounts, including operating adjustments, permit-related funding, and transfers between funds. Several major differences were highlighted. For the PCA, the Senate included operating adjustments, permitting efficiency funding, composting grants, outreach funding, and a closed landfill investment fund approach that repeals an expiring statutory appropriation, while the House instead extends that appropriation for four more years. For the DNR, the Senate included operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, aquatic invasive species funding, trail grants, outdoor schools for all, abandoned watercraft enforcement, and a sustainable foraging task force; the House had fewer of these fee and policy items and used reductions to meet its target. The committee also noted Senate-only policy provisions on outreach to diverse communities, field citations and mercury certification for skin-lightening products, disabled veteran license fee changes, and a moratorium on foraging rulemaking until July 1, 2027. Agency testimony followed. The MPCA commissioner praised both chambers for recognizing core agency work and urged adoption of operating adjustments, the closed landfill fund access, and the air appropriation increase. The DNR assistant commissioner supported operating adjustments, groundwater and AIS fee increases, and the veteran license proposal, but raised concerns about the Senate’s foraging task force language, saying it overweights consumptive users and could limit the agency’s ability to manage foraging without clear data. He also noted support for the land transfer funding and said the agency would continue working with the committee on unresolved issues. No votes were taken in this portion of the meeting.

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• and section four. I had nobody uh &gt;&gt; right? and section four.
• Um when we get to section<00:10:41.680><c> five,</c><00:10:42.720><c> um</c> section five, um section
• five uh on we're looking at section five uh on under<00:24:06.640><c> section</c> under section under
• uh section A uh section A &gt;&gt; uh<00:47:36.079><c> or</c><00:47:36.480><c> section</c><00:47:36.880
• </c> section. Right. section. Right.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Section 61-6-11.1, NMSA 1978, being Laws 2001, Chapter 96, Section 10, as amended.
• 37-1-30, NMSA 1978, being Laws 1993, Chapter 136, Section 1, as amended, is the only statutory time
• House Bill 151, having been read twice by title, is ruled to remain pursuant to Article 4, Section 5(
• House Bill 151, have been read twice by title, is Rule Dermain Pursuant to Article 4, Section 5B2 of
• House Bill 154 has been read by title, ruled to remain pursuant to Article 4, Section 5(B)(2) of the

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c> in your packets titled list of sections in your packets titled list of sections included.<00:28:
• > define</c> Sections 27 through 29 define Sections 27 through 29 define controlling<00:30:26.480><c>
• :30:43.919><c> that</c> Section 30 establishes requirements that Section 30 establishes requirements
• Sections 31 and 32 modify patients.
• Uh, sections 7 and 9 through 12.

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