Transcript Highlights:

• </c> in support of Senate file in support of Senate file 1430<00:50:32.000><c> administering</c><00:50
• </c> Senate file Senate file 1430<00:52:21.119><c> conducting</c><00:52:21.599><c> elections</c><00:52
• We do support Senate Files 56 and 7.
• </c><01:21:21.719><c> up</c> Klein has in his bill civil penalty up Klein has in his bill civil penalty
• and a civil penalty, it doesn't matter if you have the criminal omitted or not; the civil penalty would

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill also requires that a person be notified by law enforcement of associated penalties and charges
• The bill also requires that a person be notified by law enforcement of associated penalties and charges
• The bill also enhances the penalties to a first-degree felony for DUI with death or vehicular homicide
• Yeah, let's go ahead and take up that late-filed amendment.
• Unless there's objection, we'll take up late-filed amendment barcode 14290 by Senator Arrington.

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The committee heard and approved several bills. CS for CS for CS SB 138, Trenton’s Law, would broaden DUI and boating-under-the-influence laws to cover any impairing substance, increase penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing, allow blood warrants in misdemeanor DUI/BUI cases, enhance penalties for DUI with death or vehicular homicide involving prior convictions, and authorize DUI diversion programs. Supporters included law enforcement and prosecutors, who said the bill addresses gaps involving over-the-counter drugs and refusal cases; the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about the breadth of the “any impairing substance” language and record consequences for first refusals. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 400, which removes the repeal date from Florida’s Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children, and CS for SB 102, which creates a workforce credentialing program for exceptional student education students, especially those with autism, to earn badges for job skills and safety-related competencies. SB 102 drew questions about fiscal impact and teacher training, with supporters emphasizing workforce readiness and parent involvement while some members raised concerns about costs and implementation. SB 130, which updates compensation for wrongfully incarcerated people found factually innocent, was also reported favorably after supporters argued Florida’s current law is too restrictive and too few exonerees have been compensated. The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 296, which repeals the statewide mandate for later middle and high school start times and returns the decision to local districts, while requiring districts to document their analysis of sleep, safety, transportation, and other impacts. An amendment added a reporting requirement to show how districts considered later start times and any unintended consequences. The bill drew broad support from school officials and education groups, with members noting transportation and extracurricular challenges. Finally, SB 234, dealing with criminal offenses against law enforcement officers, was reported favorably after debate over whether the bill should retain “good faith” language and how it would affect defenses and officer accountability. The committee also passed CS for SB 274, designating a portion of International Drive as Harris Rosen Way and adding a memorial designation for the late Senator Geraldine Thompson near the Wells Built Museum; members praised both honorees and the bill was reported favorably. The committee adjourned after recording one member’s request to be shown voting yes on the first bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1117 has been filed in response to a recent Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that determined
• when an insurer makes an unconditional payment on a claim, it restarts the deadline to file a lawsuit
• So instead of a fixed... ...claim, it restarts the deadline to file a lawsuit.
• , you're not relinquishing your right to file a lawsuit within that two-year prescriptive period.
• be prevented from filing a suit after the claim prescribed.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is just in the event, I guess, late in the session, we passed the amendment.
• You know, and filing taxes, I think everybody would agree, is cumbersome and difficult as it is.
• You know, and filing taxes, I think everybody would agree is cumbersome and difficult as it is.
• penalties for the payment of certain estimated taxes.
• or your estimated tax payments and penalty calculations align with that.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on March 16, 2026, and heard several bills dealing mainly with tax checkoffs, severance tax revenue, and estimated tax administration. The first major item was HB 156 by Rep. Bagley, a proposed constitutional amendment to remove the cap on the 20% share of severance tax revenues remitted to parishes where production occurs. Supporters from local government and the Police Jury Association argued that the cap prevents parishes from receiving the full share intended to help repair roads, bridges, drainage, and other infrastructure damaged by oil and gas activity. Members raised concerns about the bill’s roughly $42 million fiscal note and the state budget outlook, and the author ultimately agreed to voluntarily defer the bill after discussion of possible phase-ins and other compromises. The committee then took up HB 602 by Rep. Bamberg, another severance-tax-related constitutional amendment that would phase in a higher parish cap over five years, with a separate amendment tying the increase to parishes that exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxes. After questions about how it would interact with the pending inventory-tax amendment and its fiscal impact, the committee adopted the amendment and voluntarily deferred the bill pending a fiscal note. The committee also heard HB 852 by Rep. Lyons, which restores the income tax checkoff for donations to the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence by lowering the performance threshold from $10,000 to $5,000; members discussed the number of checkoffs on the return and the need to keep the form manageable, but the bill was reported favorably as amended. Next, the committee considered HB 474 by Rep. Young, creating an individual income tax checkoff for the Grambling University National Alumni Association. Members again debated whether tax-return checkoffs amount to government-facilitated fundraising and whether they crowd the return, but the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard HB 633 by Chairman Bacala, a cleanup bill adjusting estimated tax penalty timing and calculations to match current tax law; an amendment set was adopted to replace references to personal exemptions with the standard deduction, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The meeting concluded with adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for, like I said, I know it's late in the afternoon.
• But again, if they resign, that file will get flagged.
• While they are pending decertification, we flag their file.
• I mean, there were other citizens that were filing reports on this particular person.
• Do we need to flag his file? So I'm kind of in on the backside of that.

Committee: All ALC-GAME & FISH/STATE POLICE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Second reading of Senate files. Second reading Senate File 1943.
• Second reading Senate File 3888. Second reading Senate File 4171. Second reading Senate File 4760.
• House File Number 3404, an act relating to public safety, increasing criminal penalty for impersonating
• House<01:08:15.240><c> File</c><01:08:15.560><c> 1606</c> House File 1606 House File 1606 bans<01:08:
• House File 4502.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The petition must be filed with the county auditor no later than 180 days after the date the public meeting
• Cascade Mountains, with a population of more than 900,000 but less than 2 million, by ordinance may file
• I think the fish culvert case lacked the Jimmy Come lately science, which differentiated salmon habitat
• I think the fish culvert case lacked the Jimmy Come lately science, which differentiated salmon habitat
• And the reason is because our Attorney General didn't take that five corners Jimmy come lately science

Summary: The committee heard several local government bills. Senate Bill 6181, sponsored by Senator Conway, would let county legislative authorities in certain large western Washington counties file a city incorporation petition without collecting resident signatures if the area is fully within an urban growth boundary and has more than 25,000 people. Supporters from Pierce County said the current signature requirement makes incorporation too difficult for large urban unincorporated areas like South Hill, while opponents argued the signature threshold is an important test of community support and raised concerns about boundaries, taxes, and the adequacy of the bill’s details. Senate Bill 6132 would give the Port of Moses Lake additional bonding authority tied to a tax increment financing area to help finish a rail project; the port said rising costs and a pending federal grant made the extra flexibility necessary. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6154, which would give local governments more flexibility in how they use hydraulic project approval permits for culvert replacement. Counties and cities testified that many emergency culvert repairs are expensive and that some sites provide little fish habitat benefit, so they want the option to redirect equivalent resources to higher-priority fish passage projects elsewhere in the watershed. A few commenters supported the bill as a practical way to improve habitat and flood resilience, while one remote witness objected to the broader legal framework for salmon habitat projects. Senate Bill 6189 would extend from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028 the deadline for creating an additional public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities; Olympia, Tumwater, and regional partners said they need more time to complete feasibility and coordination work for a proposed aquatic center. In executive session, the committee took action on several bills. It adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 6037 to Ways and Means, adopted a substitute and passed Senate Bill 5983 to Rules, and passed Senate Bills 5995 and 6013 to Rules without amendments. For Senate Bill 6066, the committee adopted an amendment into a new substitute and passed the bill to the Transportation Committee. The committee did not take action on Senate Bills 5820 or 6064.

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:29:39.639><c> showing</c><01:29:40.639><c> uh</c> penalties showing uh penalties showing uh sorry
• </c> states that have implemented penalties states that have implemented penalties showing<01:29:47.960
• </c><01:31:37.760><c> that</c> about civil and criminal penalties that about civil and criminal penalties
• </c> false reports in states with penalties false reports in states with penalties or<01:34:09.119><c
• </c><04:42:04.798><c> for</c> appeal half of the people who file for appeal half of the people who file

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Umu Verbaton, Senate File 2342, and Senate File 2404 from Senator Muhammad.
• We'll also hear Senate File 2461 from Senator Jazinski, Senate File 2312, and Senate File 2452 from Senator
• Senate File 2312 and Senate File 2452 from Senator Putnham, and Senate File 2427 and 2423 from me.
• So I'm curious about how the proposed penalties here in your Senate File 2361 will interact with the
• Senate proposed penalties here in your Senate file file file 2361<00:28:29.360><c> will</c><00:28:29.760

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It also shortens the time to file a title application.
• Would your bill prohibit the filing of such a claim under public nuisance?
• Now, you know, as an attorney, people always file alternative causes of action.
• So it's a little late because you already yielded.
• No enhancement of penalties. I learned that one.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with. The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers. One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> File 1934. File 1934.
• </c> File 85. File 85.
• </c> File 3804. File 3804.
• </c> File 4969. File 4969.
• </c> House File 4969. House File 4969.

Bills: HF4401 , HF4466

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF4401, Minnesota Medical Assistance, dental reimbursement, dental rates, critical access dental providers, Medicaid dental, MinnesotaCare, managed care plans, county-based purchasing plans, fee-for-service, oral health access, safety-net clinics, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, Indian health services, state-operated dental clinics, low-income patients, children's dental care, provider reimbursement, dental access

Transcript Highlights:

• There is a committee substitute filed on the bill.
• There is a PCS filed.
• There is a committee substitute filed on the bill.
• There is a PCS filed on the bill. Is there unanimous consent? There is a PCS filed on the bill.
• It's funded every time one of us files a civil action; $7 of that filing fee goes to fund this mediation

Bills: HB1453 , HB2933 , HB2941 , HB2945 , HB2959 , HB3087 , HB3094 , HB3297 , HB3298 , HB3319 , HB3321 , HB3386 , HB3453 , HB3471 , HB3505 , HB3510 , HB3544 , HB3549 , HB3652 , HB3727 , HB3791 , HB3845 , HB3906 , HB4119 , HB4125 , HB4126 , HB4198 , HB4236 , HB4425 , HB4343 , HB4094 , HB3407

Committee: House Civil Judiciary

Keywords: foreign ownership, property rights, agricultural land, Attorney General, divestment, real estate, felony penalties, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting, immunity, controlled substances, penalties, abortion

Transcript Highlights:

• It increases penalties for repeat conduct. It empowers the victims.
• I filed this bill last year, and it went through public safety.
• Thank you for hearing this at this late hour this evening.
• I know it's getting late, but I'm trying to really understand this.
• No, it's late. Thank you all for being here. Next in favor. Hello.

Committee: House Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted do pass on House Bill 3037, House Bill 2760, House Bill 1778, and House Bill 2830, each by recorded roll call. HB 3037, HB 2760, and HB 1778 all passed 8-4, while HB 2830 passed unanimously 12-0. The committee also said it would not take up HB 1746 and HB 1769 yet, because more work was needed on an amendment. The public hearing began with House Bill 3005, sponsored by Representative Justice, which would require public and school libraries to adopt and post reconsideration policies for challenged materials, limit requests to local residents or parents/guardians, extend the process to digital materials, and prohibit tracking or retaining personalized user data from digital library resources. Justice said the bill was developed with the Secretary of State’s office and library groups and was intended to add transparency, local control, and privacy protections. Testimony from EBSCO Information Services and the Missouri Library Association supported the bill as a codification of existing library practices and a way to create clearer procedures. The committee then heard a group of similar bills on AI-generated or digitally altered depictions, including measures by Representatives Lucas, Farnan, Gallick, Schmidt, Williams, Houseman, and Dolan. The sponsors described the bills as closing loopholes in child pornography, revenge-porn, and digital impersonation laws, creating civil remedies, criminal penalties, and in some versions platform takedown requirements for nonconsensual altered images. Members raised questions about how to combine the bills, whether sunsets should be included, and how the proposals relate to existing revenge-porn law. No votes were taken on these bills during the hearing. Finally, the committee heard House Bills 2817 and 2961 on ibogaine research for veterans and other trauma-affected populations, followed by House Bills 1717 and 1643 on psilocybin and other alternative therapies. Supporters, including veterans, first responders, clinicians, and family members, described severe PTSD, TBI, addiction, and suicide crises and said these treatments had helped them when conventional care had not. Opponents, including the Missouri State Medical Association, said they did not support non-FDA-approved drugs. Members questioned the cost and structure of the proposed studies, the role of the FDA, and whether similar research is already underway. The hearing ended without a vote on these bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• All it is, is under current law if you're late filing the campaign report.
• You're late filing the campaign report, and currently, the Secretary of State is required to send you
• Oftentimes, the penalty is zero.
• It saves state money for filing a report by Rep. L. State money for filing a report by Rep.

Bills: HB310 , HB363

Committee: House Ethics and Campaign Finance

Keywords: campaign finance, electronic notifications, civil penalties, Fair Campaign Practices Act, Secretary of State, foreign contributions, political parties, electoral integrity, state legislation, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Due to our late start time, please keep your remarks within the allotted time communicated to you by
• Right now, the 11,395 true and amended felony filings...
• San Bernardino we have 49,000 banker boxes full of files 7 1.7 million case files that we are.
• electronic filings.
• Processing filings but also recordings of judgments.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You have to file a motion for any records.
• Good late afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
• Thank you very much, members of the committee, for staying so late to hear this bill.
• This higher... ...penalty reflects the critical role these workers play in public safety.
• It's getting late. You've heard them. You've heard the motion. There's no amendments.

Committee: Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee approved the February 4 minutes and announced several bills would be held, including SB 1317, SB 1416, SB 1419, SB 1490, and SB 1493. It then heard SB 1579, which would appropriate about $4.7 million from the general fund to expand a law enforcement data-sharing pilot through the Department of Administration, with funding for DPS, county sheriffs, university police, city/town police, and an amendment adding $125,900 for Scottsdale Police. Supporters, including the Flagstaff mayor, the Eloy police chief, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office staff, said the system improves real-time information sharing, officer safety, and efficiency. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1579 a do pass as amended recommendation by a 6-0 vote with one not voting. The committee next heard SB 1581, which would use the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund for pepper ball equipment and public safety training simulators. The amendment increased the Nogales Police Department’s pepper ball appropriation and expanded simulator funding so Yavapai County could buy two simulators with a three-year warranty. Testimony from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, Phoenix Police, Glendale Police, Flagstaff, and Cochise County emphasized pepper ball’s de-escalation value and the simulators’ role in crisis-response and scenario-based training, including interactions involving autism, mental illness, and hearing impairments. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1581 as amended on a 7-0 vote. SB 1673 was then heard to appropriate $8.2 million from the general fund to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund, with the sponsor and witnesses describing the automated victim-notification system as constitutionally required and already reducing workload while keeping victims informed through texts and other alerts. The committee passed SB 1673 with no amendment on a 7-0 vote. SB 1544, which would make adult probation records public on request subject to redactions and appeal procedures, drew mixed testimony over transparency versus privacy concerns, especially around risk assessment tools and sensitive records; the committee passed it 4-3, with several members explaining no votes pending amendments. SB 1376, a civic leadership development special plate bill directing funds to a nonprofit focused on youth civic education and leadership, passed unanimously 7-0. Finally, SB 1550, a three-year Queen Creek pilot program to address runaway youth and exploitation through specialized police work, received support from local officials and anti-trafficking advocates but drew a no vote from one member over concerns about how runaway youth are treated in other legislation; it passed 5-1 with one not voting. The committee also heard SB 1504, a public safety retirement bill changing normal retirement and COLA timing for Tier 2 and Tier 3 members, with strong support from police and fire groups and opposition from local government and pension reform advocates, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Moving on to the community first choice option, late penalties proposal.
• I know you elaborated on. on how to avoid the penalty, but shifting over the penalty payment to the
• Do you predict that we could lose money, federal funding, or be subject to more late penalties if we
• Yeah, so I believe you're referencing the work penalty, the work participation rate penalty, pastor.
• Thanks so much for staying late.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Interest on late payments.
• Seven insurers have already filed SIS filings. Five have been approved by my department.
• We need you to submit your filings.
• And for those that have filed...
• And they're like, wait, do you don't have a file?

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The petition must be filed with the county auditor no later than 180 days after the date of the public
• Cascade Mountains, with a population of more than 900,000 but less than 2 million, by ordinance may file
• I think the fish culvert case lacked the Jimmy come lately science, which differentiated salmon habitat
• John Worthington: So we need to go back into the courts and put that Jimmy come lately science in there
• And the reason is because our Attorney General didn't take that five corners Jimmy come lately science

Bills: SB6132 , SB6181 , SB6154 , SB6189 , SB5903 , SB6037 , SB5983 , SB5995 , SB6016 , SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development, city incorporation, local governance, municipalities, state law, government structure, culvert replacement, fish passage, hydraulic project approval, Department of Fish and Wildlife, stream crossing, bank stabilization, flood control, erosion control, emergency permit, expedited permit

Transcript Highlights:

• File Item 6, SB 1252 from DeRazzo, and File Item 7, SB 1280 by Senator Viadaris, have been pulled from
• We will now move back and file to file number 8, SB 1309 by Senator Rubio.
• When we will place it on call, we will now move back and file to file number 8.
• File item 3, SB 1150. File item 3, SB 1150. Please call the absent members.
• File. I don't. 11-0. 11-0. That bill is out. File item number two, SB 1124.

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all