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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (04/23/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Number two, it public swimming pools.
  • Within 500 feet of Four Tree Island is a public swimming pool.
  • Within 500 feet of Four Tree Island is a public swimming pool.
  • </c> out to the playground or to the pool out to the playground or to the pool without<01:13:56.000><
  • </c> our residential ratepayers. our residential ratepayers.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Funding Review Committee Jun 3rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • , once they've exhausted their allocation, can access that pool.
  • Even a residential hall, we don't pay for, but we have to prove all.
  • So that's the base pool. You go to the next grouping of the incentive pool.
  • So that's the base pool. You go to the next grouping of the incentive pool.
  • The incentive pool represents about 20% of a campus's funding.
Keywords: 908, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Funding Review Committee Jun 3rd, 2026

Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that will be cleaned up before that pooling piece would potentially take place.
  • , once they've exhausted their allocation, can access that pool.
  • And then also Section 15-54.1-05, that's the capital building fund pool.
  • So that's the base pool. You go to the next grouping of the incentive pool.
  • The incentive pool represents about 20% of a campus's funding.
Summary: The Higher Education Funding Review Committee met to continue work on a draft higher education funding formula and related capital building fund changes. Lisa Johnson of the North Dakota University System updated the committee on the board’s developing policy for low-producing academic programs. She said the board is using a five-year rolling window, with thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, and that programs flagged in three consecutive review cycles would go to the board for review. Possible outcomes include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the policy would account for enrollment, program costs, workforce need, and programs that serve students outside their major. Johnson said the board would likely use an accompanying procedure to consider those factors. She also reported that about 200 programs could potentially be reviewed under current guidance, with 135 inactivated and 112 terminated, and said the process is intended to support quality and stewardship rather than simply cut programs. Jamie Wilkie then reported on the Capital Building Fund. He reviewed the fund’s history, matching requirements, and use for extraordinary repairs, deferred maintenance, and some legislatively authorized projects. He said about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with roughly 78.7% going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Committee members pressed for updated information on how much deferred maintenance has actually been reduced, and several members said they wanted clearer reporting on the return on investment from new buildings versus repairs. NDSU representatives said the tier funding has helped significantly reduce deferred maintenance and allowed demolition and renovation work on campus. The committee also discussed the need for updated five-year facility plans and space-utilization information from the institutions. The committee then began a section-by-section review of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and restructure the capital building fund. The draft would fund UND and NDSU differently from the other nine institutions, use fall enrollment rather than completed credits, add performance funding for completions in in-demand fields, create research incentives for UND and NDSU, and combine capital building fund tiers while changing matching requirements and eligible uses. Members raised concerns about the treatment of professional students, the use of CIP codes, incentives for waivers, and whether the formula should rely on more current data. The committee did not take final action on the draft during this meeting, but it continued detailed discussion and indicated more review would follow.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If Florida replaces local revenue with a statewide sales tax pool, cities and counties will become more
  • If Florida replaces local revenue with a statewide sales tax pool, cities and counties will become more
  • losers with communities that have narrow tax bases, often smaller, rural, coastal, or primarily residential
  • areas facing the greatest strain. primarily residential areas facing the greatest strain even as they
  • When the worst day of someone's life happens—a car crash on the interstate, a child pulled from a pool
Summary: The House met in special session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber then took up CS/House Joint Resolution 1F, the Governor’s property tax proposal, which would raise the homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and restrict county and municipal ad valorem revenue to public safety and certain other uses. Sponsor Rep. Overdorf said the measure would return money to homeowners and give local governments flexibility, while opponents repeatedly argued the ballot language was misleading and that the proposal could create large local revenue shortfalls, shift costs to other taxpayers, and threaten local services and debt obligations. Members debated a series of amendments aimed at protecting specific programs from the bill’s effects. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to exempt Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was defeated 25-74 after supporters said those entities fund child care, mental health, aftercare, and family support, while opponents said local governments could still choose to fund them. Rep. Cross’s amendment to include water management districts in allowable uses of ad valorem taxes was also defeated, despite testimony that the districts are essential for flood control, water supply, Everglades restoration, and drought response. Rep. Eskamani’s amendment to require the Legislature to backfill public safety funding failed 25-71 after debate over whether the proposal could reduce police and fire budgets and response times. The House then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other aging services, and opponents saying the state already funds senior programs. Finally, Rep. Gant’s amendment to protect veteran services was introduced and debated, with members emphasizing housing, mental health, transition assistance, and homelessness concerns for veterans; the transcript cuts off before the vote on that amendment. Throughout the debate, sponsors and supporters of the main resolution maintained that local governments would retain spending discretion and could use other revenue sources, while critics argued the measure lacked clear backfill provisions and could force cuts or tax shifts at the local level.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/07/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sections 7 and 8 clarify that for residential rental projects and other types of projects, the period
  • </c> eight clarify that for residential eight clarify that for residential rental<01:13:40.800><c> project
  • </c><01:43:39.840><c> Job</c> pool now being used in the industry.
  • Job pool now being used in the industry.
  • </c> burden shift from CNI to residential burden shift from CNI to residential properties,<01:55:16.080
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/09/26

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll also note that there's a Senate File 2681 for a $5 million direct appropriation to add to the pool
  • to</c><00:08:27.960><c> add</c><00:08:28.280><c> to</c><00:08:28.360><c> the</c><00:08:28.440><c> pool
  • Again, I would just reference the cost of building a residential house in Minnesota compared to South
  • Again, I would just reference the cost of building a residential house in Minnesota compared to South
  • Again, I would just reference the cost of building a residential house in Minnesota compared to South
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • CONCERNS OVER NOT JUST A VENDOR AVAILABILITY BUT RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND COMPETING FOR THE SAME POOL
  • THAT IS NOT JUSTICE A SWIMMING POOL. MOVING ON THE SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. HURRICANE SEASON WAS BUSY.
  • NAVIGATE IS HELPING A TO A NAVIGATE SOME OF THIS AND THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES AND BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Apr 8th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • now has a HOA board that decides, well, the final phase isn't going to happen, we're going to put a pool
  • stated earlier, homeowners associations, we're investing tens of millions of dollars in what are residential
  • We do things very differently in far as residential.
  • And I'm going to talk about commercial, residential home construction, even in St. Louis. In St.
  • But that is exactly how many of the current HOA structures are built for a new residential community.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Local Government Apr 8th, 2026

Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • now has a HOA board that decides, well, the final phase isn't going to happen, we're going to put a pool
  • stated earlier, homeowners associations, we're investing tens of millions of dollars in what are residential
  • We do things very differently as far as residential.
  • And I'm going to talk about commercial, residential home construction, even in St. Louis.
  • But that is exactly how many of the current HOA structures are built for a new residential community.
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard testimony on House Bill 3176, which would create a statutory framework for homeowners associations. Sponsor Rep. Koslow said the bill addresses quorum problems, allows defunct associations to revive, sets deadlines for election and covenant challenges, requires fidelity insurance, and expands recordkeeping and disclosure to members. Supporters said Missouri HOAs currently operate under a patchwork of outdated documents and laws, while opponents from the home builders and bankers groups warned the bill could interfere with development interests, create burdens, and increase risk or fees. Committee members raised concerns about fairness, homeowner rights, and whether the bill would override stricter local subdivision standards; no action was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 3277, a local public safety tax measure for Northwoods. Rep. Fountain Henderson said the city needs the tax to upgrade police equipment and support public safety, and members noted the city’s retail center and voter approval requirement. The hearing then moved to House Bill 3143, which would allow counties to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the ballot for senior services. Rep. Parker and supporters from senior services organizations said the measure would help fund Meals on Wheels, transportation, nutrition centers, in-home care, and other aging services, especially in rural areas with limited funding and transportation. Some members questioned the breadth of spending authority, oversight, and whether a sales tax would shift costs onto seniors, but the bill drew supportive testimony overall. In executive session, the committee voted House Bill 2732 do pass by 13-1 and House Bill 3028 do pass unanimously. It then took up House Bill 2431, a package of local tax authorization measures, adopted a substitute and amendment adding several city and county proposals, and voted the House Committee Substitute do pass by 13-1. The committee then adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As vice president, he managed various aspects of the learning environment, such as managing residential
  • associated with their energy, generation, transmission, distribution, so that it does not fall on residential
  • Residential customers means hardworking everyday Arizonans who are already struggling with the cost of
  • applies to all utilities, and provides real teeth and protections, not just intent, to protect residential
  • will not allow my children to grow up in a Scottsdale where they can't walk on grass or swim in a pool
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions, including the Doctor of the Day, students visiting the chamber, and other special guests. Members also announced committee substitutions and bill withdrawals/re-referrals, and the chamber observed a moment of respectful silence for the late Hon. George Cunningham, after unanimously adopting HCR 2060, a death resolution honoring his public service. The House then spent much of the day in Committee of the Whole on several calendars. The most contested item was HB 2758, a groundwater transportation bill, which drew extensive debate over fairness to the McMullen Valley and the need to protect water supplies for the CAP system and metro Phoenix. Multiple amendments were adopted, including changes affecting transfer limits and basin-specific water allocations. The bill ultimately received a do pass recommendation in COW by a 31-23 vote, and later passed third reading in the House 32-24 after several members explained their votes. A motion to amend the COW report to show the bill failed was defeated 23-32. The House also advanced a series of other measures with little or no opposition. In COW, HB 2049, HB 2090, HB 2092, HB 2179 as amended, HB 2228 as amended, HB 2111, HB 2114, HB 2256 as amended, HCM 2007 as amended, HR 2003, HB 2098, HB 2265 as amended, HB 2663, HB 2666 as amended, HB 2756 as amended, HB 2192 as amended, HB 2476, HB 2693 as amended, and HB 2877 as amended all received do pass recommendations, while HB 2875 was retained on the calendar. The House later passed several bills on third reading, including HB 2089, HB 2258, HB 2322, HB 2786, and HB 2825, and referred the approved measures to engrossing or to the Senate as appropriate. The session concluded with numerous personal privilege remarks, including recognition of a retiring Air Force veteran, Black History Month remarks, birthday wishes, and an announcement that Representative Chaplik plans to resign next week to focus on a congressional campaign. The House also announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, February 23, 2026.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 18th, 2025

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • On the back of this sheet here, Senator, can you tell me just a little bit about the residential and
  • Chairman, if you can show me where you're looking right here at the bottom, right here at the bottom, residential
  • Um, we've spent about $10 million already and that center, focuses on low-income commercial and residential
  • So that is focused on low-income commercial and residential loans.
  • public programs just because of what's happening right now with Medicaid, the high-risk insurance pool
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 40th Legislative Day Jun 24th, 2026

Delaware Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • mentioned that if someone was using the same outdoor receptacle for balcony solar and their kiddie pool
  • Berry, Senator Huxtable, and others, an act to amend Title 21 of the Delaware Code relating to residential
  • House Bill 413. ...to residential speed limits.
Summary: The Senate received a large number of House communications and committee reports, including several nominations and many bills and resolutions returned from House committees or passed by the House. Committee reports covered a wide range of topics, including education, health, judiciary, finance, housing, transportation, emergency management, and business/technology. The Senate also assigned several measures to committees for further consideration and noted upcoming committee meetings. The chamber confirmed three nominations by roll call: Michael T. Scuse to the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, J. Eric Firewold to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees, and Joan F. Coker to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees. The Senate also passed Consent Calendar 66, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 223 on DIA broadcast access for playoff and championship games and House Concurrent Resolution 149 designating June 12, 2026, as Loving Day in Delaware. Members discussed Loving Day and the importance of recognizing interracial marriage rights, with Senator Huxstable, Senator Buckson, and Senator Townsend offering remarks. On the floor, the Senate passed House Bill 141, requiring a firearm responsibilities notice for gun purchasers, after debate over gun safety and industry burden; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 200, as amended, expanding insurance coverage for HIV prevention medications PrEP and PEP; House Bill 426, modernizing municipal street-aid reporting; and Senate Resolution 21, directing a study of portable solar generation devices and related safety and utility issues. The Senate also passed Consent Agenda O, a large package of bills covering topics such as money transmission and stablecoins, nursing advancement, pilot licenses, commerce and trade, subaqueous lands, driver’s license loss due to medical issues, residential speed limits, electronic bidding, family court jurisdiction, agency regulations, technical corrections to multiple local charters, and other measures. The Senate then recessed until June 25, 2026.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 11th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Taking a look at the fiscal year 2026 enhancements, there is ongoing $300,000 for residential substance
  • So, braided funding with residential substance abuse treatment.
  • So because of the different, basically pooling our resources, we can still really leverage that work
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The committee first reviewed the Department of Juvenile Corrections budget. Legislative Services analyst Noah Peterson outlined the agency’s funding sources, staffing, recent expenditure patterns, and several FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget requests, including substance use disorder treatment, youth assessment center funding, replacement items, IT upgrades, and a clinician services transfer from the Department of Health and Welfare. Members asked about the governor’s holdback, public works projects, vehicle replacements, and staffing. Director Ashley Dowell said the department’s census has declined due to strong county partnerships, prevention and diversion efforts, and youth assessment centers, and she explained that a staffing analysis found the agency understaffed by 12 positions, with six vacancies converted to direct care roles. She also described the holdback impacts as coming from contract reductions, internal efficiencies, travel and training cuts, and substance use disorder funding adjustments. The committee adjourned after the department discussion. The committee then reviewed the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources budget. Peterson described the office’s mostly federal funding, small staff, dedicated funds, prior energy resilience appropriations, and FY 2027 requests for personnel realignment, Idaho Orchestrating Nuclear (ION) support, and home energy rebates. Administrator Callie Younger said the office is focused on energy resilience, permitting coordination, hydropower relicensing, geothermal and mining projects, and a growing nuclear policy portfolio. She highlighted the new nuclear task force, the office’s request for information to industry, and work on a federal request related to a nuclear lifecycle campus. Members asked about nuclear development, spent fuel, modular reactors, permitting efficiency, and whether the office might merge with the Office of Species Conservation. Younger said the office is exploring a merger because of overlapping permitting functions and could reduce positions and save some general funds, while also improving its ability to handle nuclear and mining work. The chair closed by noting the committee’s alignment with several governor’s office recommendations and adjourned the meeting.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Within the property tax appeals, we adjudicate both commercial cases as well as residential cases.
  • We're looking at some new processes for accelerating residential review and also for getting settlement
  • It has all the ingredients: strong universities and colleges, a diverse talent pool, robust institutions
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on January 29, 2026, to consider a gubernatorial appointment, three public hearings, and two executive-session bills. Kristen L. Frazier was introduced as the governor’s appointee to the Board of Tax Appeals. She described her background in legislative fiscal analysis, constitutional law, and tax adjudication, and said the board is working on faster residential review and settlement processes. Members praised her service and said the appointment would be voted on at a future meeting. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5893, which would transfer $65 million from the Natural Climate Solutions Account to the Wildfire Response, Forest Restoration, and Community Resilience Account to fully fund wildfire response and forest health work. Committee staff explained the Climate Commitment Act funding source and the account history, and the Department of Natural Resources said the money would support forest health treatments, firefighting readiness, and partner pass-throughs. Forest industry representatives and DNR supported the bill, arguing wildfire work reduces emissions, protects communities, and prevents larger future costs; one member questioned why DNR had not submitted a decision package for the funding. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 6229, which would subject gains from the sale of qualified small business stock to Washington’s capital gains tax. Staff said the bill would affect about 260 taxpayers, raise about $1.2 million in fiscal year 2027, and cost the Department of Revenue about $1.1 million over four years to implement. Startup founders, venture capital and tech industry representatives opposed the bill, warning it would discourage investment, founders, and job creation in Washington; a Budget and Policy Center witness supported it as a way to make the tax code less regressive and argued the exemption mainly benefits the wealthiest taxpayers. The committee also heard House Bill 1376, which would allow taxpayers to prepay capital gains tax up to six months early without interest on any later refund; staff said it had no revenue impact and a small administrative cost, and the lone public witness opposed it as penalizing success. In executive session, the committee received a briefing on the proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization transparency and AI use in health care, and on Substitute Senate Bill 5860 regarding school board compensation. The committee adopted the proposed second substitute for SB 5395 and voted it out of committee with a do pass recommendation to the Rules Committee, subject to signatures. Substitute SB 5860 was moved out of committee without recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Jan 13th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • An affected market customer is a non-residential customer of an electric utility that, as of CETA's enactment
  • An affected market customer can also be a non-residential customer of an electric utility that generates
  • market customers, their definition has changed in a couple of ways, including so that these non-residential
  • customers, again, that are subject to CETA, excuse me, the non-residential consumers of electricity
  • no-cost allocation, if it's not counterbalanced by another policy, would remove allowances from the pool
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Aug 27th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • cases, like criminal sexual penetration or a sex case, will take that child and refer them to a residential
  • everywhere for basketball, and she attempted to kill her mother and sister by setting it up as a residential
  • Based on a locked unit somewhere, in terms of a residential treatment center with juveniles, but like
  • In the city, we find more metropolitan types of crimes: auto burglary, residential burglary, maybe guns
  • those facilities, where they would be monitored by a licensed professional, but it would expand the pool
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary B May 5th, 2026

Judiciary B

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill allows a woman to transition into a safe, residential, and therapeutic setting where she can
  • Residential reentry programs can have a major impact on long-term success.
  • We also have a red card in opposition, which will provide information if requested, from Krisha Poole
  • My name is Krisha Poole.
  • My name is Krisha Poole. I am from Region 1, New Orleans East.
Keywords: 974, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • cooperatives in the state of Washington, organizations where farmers, ranchers, and producers can pool
  • This restriction prevents licensed cannabis producers from pooling their resources, collectively processing
Bills: HB1160, HB1289, HB1339, HB1798, HB1065, HB1795, HB2107, HB2113, HB2124, HB2125, HB2133, HB2134, HB2140, HB2185, HB2191, HB2205, HB2211, HB2219, HB2245, HB2253, HB2283, HB2343, HB2406, HB2501, HB2531, HB2574, HB1170, HB1544, HB1834, HB2156, HB2188, HB2206, HB2360, HB2471, HB2478, HB2525, HB2605, HJM4012, HB1104, HB1152, HB1254, HB1443, HB1710, HB1750, HB1903, HB1941, HB1974, HB1982, HB1983, HB2006, HB2034, HB2105, HB2179, HB2203, HB2215, HB2223, HB2239, HB2247, HB2297, HB2303, HB2322, HB2329, HB2334, HB2338, HB2345, HB2348, HB2350, HB2353, HB2355, HB2363, HB2367, HB2379, HB2388, HB2399, HB2418, HB2420, HB2428, HB2441, HB2462, HB2464, HB2467, HB2495, HB2505, HB2534, HB2539, HB2544, HB2551, HB2554, HB2557, HB2575, HB2577, HB2588, HB2594, HB2604, HB2636, HB2714, HB1160, HB1289, HB1339, HB1798, HB1065, HB1795, HB2113, HB2124, HB2125, HB2134, HB2140, HB2185, HB2191, HB2205, HB2211, HB2219, HB2245, HB2253, HB2283, HB2343, HB2406, HB2501, HB2574, HB1170, HB1544, HB1834, HB2156, HB2188, HB2206, HB2471, HB2478, HB2605, HJM4012, HB1104, HB1152, HB1254, HB1443, HB1903, HB1941, HB1982, HB2006, HB2034, HB2105, HB2179, HB2203, HB2297, HB2303, HB2322, HB2329, HB2345, HB2350, HB2379, HB2388, HB2399, HB2418, HB2462, HB2464, HB2495, HB2539, HB2544, HB2551, HB2554, HB2588, HB2636, HB1128, HB1408, HB1570, HB1742, HB1823, HB2089, HB2104, HB2114, HB2172, HB2192, HB2207, HB2251, HB2262, HB2266, HB2294, HB2298, HB2319, HB2320, HB2323, HB2351, HB2354, HB2374, HB2401, HB2405, HB2429, HB2431, HB2442, HB2451, HB2479, HB2496, HB2515, HB2523, HB2540, HB2593, HB2632, HB2661, HB1496, HB1898, HB2095, HB2157, HB2225, HB2274, HB2311, HB2325, HB2333, HB2476, HB2508, HB2552
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><02:09:05.760><c> So</c> local of uh residential rateayers.
  • So local of uh residential rateayers.
  • , next time there is a search, there is a broader pool.
  • 54.320><c> is</c><02:10:54.480><c> residential</c><02:10:55.040><c> rateayer</c> if this is residential
  • </c><02:14:20.560><c> We</c> residential customers at the PUC. We residential customers at the PUC.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee first took up House Bill 525, which would have transferred administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the related board to OPLC. The chair said the sponsor was no longer interested in moving forward, and Representative Schmidt moved ITL. The motion passed 14-0 with two members absent, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee then considered Senate Bill 182 on the maternal mortality review committee. The chair described a narrower amendment that would keep the name change, clarify operations so recommendations are returned to the appropriate entities, and expand contact with family members and close contacts, while dropping a proposed addition of a Department of Corrections member. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was then moved ITL and placed on the consent calendar. Senate Bill 185, dealing with OPLC investigations and backlog reduction, received an update from OPLC General Counsel Nicholas Fry. He described efforts to improve public communication, clear the complaint backlog, standardize intake and expert review, add automated responses and website updates, use weekly legal-viability reviews, create preliminary investigation protocols, and establish a process for law-enforcement referrals. Members asked about board involvement and criminal-conviction cases; Fry said boards are kept informed and that such matters can proceed either through complaints or application/background-check processes. Representative Groa requested a follow-up update in January, and the committee agreed to an oral report then if needed. The bill was then voted ITL unanimously and placed on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 349 on optometrists performing ophthalmologic laser procedures. Dr. Angelique Sawyer testified in support, saying the amendment adds more specific proctoring and qualification requirements, based on language requested after earlier hearings, and that similar systems exist in other states. Representative Sers confirmed that the new sections were the key additions, while Representative Schmidt said he remained open to the concept but wanted a thorough review and asked about a subcommittee. The discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended, with no vote recorded on HB 349.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you can see the green, we consider behavioral health residential treatment congregate care.
  • So those are children who are receiving residential behavioral health treatment.
  • If they need a pool fence, we'll get somebody to pay for it, like whatever.
  • So congregate care over-reliance, Sunshine Residential, and its peers, they're definitely overused.
  • Placement wouldn’t put up the pool... ...you know, DCS—I heard the director testify earlier.
Keywords: 1182, all