Transcript Highlights:

• Rather than walk down the hall to the door, we looked out the front window to see who it might be.
• It's offensive to use the gay community as a window... dressing for sex trafficking.

Transcript Highlights:

• Currently, these claims are limited to a one-year window. This bill simply changes that.
• This bill simply changes that our victims can now have a two-year window in order to file their claim

Bills: HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , SB 14 , HB 12 , HB 1522 , HB 422 , HB 675 , HB 204 , HB 748 , HB 912 , HJR 99 , HB 1399 , HB 1400 , HB 1094 , HB 365 , HB 1109 , HB 647 , HCR 35 , HCR 123 , HCR 124 , HR 57 , HR 87 , HR 111 , HR 228 , HR 230 , HR 322 , HR 624 , HR 625 , HR 626 , HR 627 , HR 628 , HR 630 , HR 631 , HR 634 , HR 635 , HR 636 , HR 637 , HR 638 , HR 639 , HR 640 , HR 645 , HR 646 , HR 648 , HR 649 , HR 651 , HR 652 , HR 653 , HR 654 , HR 664 , HR 665 , HR 668 , HR 675 , HR 676 , HR 678 , HR 679 , HR 680 , HR 683 , HR 686 , HR 688 , HR 689 , HR 694 , HR 695 , HR 697 , HR 698 , HR 699 , HR 472 , HR 622 , HR 632 , HR 633 , HR 643 , HR 655 , HR 657 , HR 660 , HR 661 , HR 662 , HR 663 , HR 667 , HR 670 , HR 674 , HR 681 , HR 682 , HR 696

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill also clarifies that the state-of-emergency cancellation window is available to consumers up
• The bill also clarifies that the state of emergency cancellation window is available to consumers up

Committee: House Commerce Committee

Summary: The committee took up eight bills and memorials and reported each favorably. It first passed HM 4063, a memorial urging Congress to lay the groundwork for a federal sovereign wealth fund. Sponsor Rep. Anderson described it as a long-term economic security measure, while several members questioned how such a fund would be structured, governed, and balanced against paying down debt. Ranking member Hunschofsky and Rep. Spencer raised concerns about transparency, market disruption, and the lack of specific parameters. The memorial passed on a recorded vote. The committee then approved CS/HB 139, allowing pawnbrokers to use digital transaction forms, with SMG testifying in support as a modernization and pro-business change. It also adopted an amendment and passed HB 1157, which tightens reemployment assistance requirements by adding work-search, interview, identity, immigration, and availability checks; the amendment added protection for missed interviews due to emergencies and removed an email reporting requirement. The Florida AFL-CIO and Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy opposed the bill, arguing Florida’s unemployment system is already overly restrictive and that the proposal would further limit access to benefits, while supporters said it would ensure claimants are actively seeking work and verify eligibility. Members also passed CS/HB 497 to create nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans for farmers and ranchers, with support from Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Hospital Association, and the Farm Bureau; CS/HB 729 to authorize veterinary professional associates to perform limited duties under veterinarian supervision, with testimony from veterinarians and advocates citing access and workforce shortages; and HB 311, a right-to-repair bill for motorized wheelchairs, which drew strong support from disability advocates who described long repair delays, high costs, and the impact on independence and health. Rep. Tramont praised the wheelchair repair bill during debate, and the committee voted it favorably. Finally, the committee passed CS/HB 1549, an Office of Financial Regulation agency bill intended to help regulate financial institutions more efficiently, and CS/HB 715, which allows licensed roofing contractors to perform roof-to-wall connections during reroof or repair projects and extends the emergency cancellation window to 180 days after a declared emergency. HB 715 was amended to require a contract notice advising property owners to verify insurance coverage before signing when the work is tied to an insurance claim. Roofing industry groups and home inspection representatives supported the measure as a way to reduce costs and improve wind mitigation. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced the agenda was complete and the committee rose.

Transcript Highlights:

• will get that out the day before, which we are going to strive our hardest to be within the 24-hour window
• Our window. Sometimes it might be 23, sometimes it might be 22.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its committee rules unanimously, and then heard a series of housing, insurance, and disaster-recovery bills. Early bills focused on wildfire relief and insurance issues, including AB 238 on mortgage forbearance for Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, AB 493 on insurance payout interest for homeowners, AB 597 on consumer protections after disasters, and AB 226 on strengthening the California FAIR Plan’s liquidity tools. Supporters generally framed these measures as necessary protections for disaster survivors and market stability, while opponents and concerned witnesses raised issues such as investor guidelines, compliance conflicts, and market disruption. Several members also noted equity concerns and the need to balance relief with consistency across the state. The committee also heard a cluster of housing-production bills. AB 306 proposed a six-year pause on new state building code updates affecting residential construction and limits on local code modifications, drawing strong support from housing and building industry groups who argued it would reduce costs and improve predictability. It also drew opposition from code, environmental, and clean-energy advocates, who warned about safety, local control, and the loss of important code updates. AB 253 would allow licensed third-party professionals to perform plan checks if local review takes 30 days or more, and AB 301 would impose state-agency permitting timelines similar to those already applied to local governments; both were presented as ways to reduce delays and speed housing development. AB 462 would exempt ADU construction from coastal development permit requirements in Los Angeles County, especially to aid fire recovery and expand housing supply. After hearing testimony and brief member discussion on each measure, the committee placed the bills on suspense or advanced them as appropriate. In the suspense hearing at the end of the meeting, the committee took up the suspense-file bills and reported AB 226, AB 238, AB 301, and AB 306 out with due pass recommendations on roll call votes. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is outside of the clerk's window as far as like a new a new cost to the clerk.
• January to the last business day in March, this designated time frame ensures a clear predictable window

Transcript Highlights:

• And right now there is a 30-minute window where you can have a child lay in their cot.
• And right now there is a 30-minute window where you can have a child lay in their cot.
• And right now there is a 30-minute window where you can have a child lay in their cot.
• And right now there is a 30-minute window where you can have a child lay in their cot.
• And right now there is a 30-minute window where you can have a child lay in their cot.

Bills: HF4382 , HF2929

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• How do you escape windows and insulation? In practicality, you really can't.
• How do you escape windows and insulation? In practicality, you really can't.
• How do you escape windows and insulation? In practicality, you really can't.
• You can't return a door or windows or stuff, and those, you know, things that are movable should be on
• You can't return a door or windows or stuff, and those, you know, things that are movable should be on

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• My concern, one of my big concerns with this too, is it opens up that window.
• </c> this too is it it opens up that window. this too is it it opens up that window.
• You have a 15-minute<01:06:39.880><c> window</c><01:06:40.120><c> to</c><01:06:40.240><c> see</c><01:
• 06:40.440><c> that</c><01:06:40.640><c> patient</c><01:06:41.560><c> and</c> 15-minute window to see
• that patient and 15-minute window to see that patient and they<01:06:41.920><c> push</c><01:06:42.280

Bills: HF3547 , HF3651 , HF4043 , HF4282 , HF4095

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: fireworks, public safety, regulation, tax revenue, local government, sale, safety standards, fire safety, ethanol, fuel equipment, compatibility standards, law enforcement, peace officer, unauthorized practice, criminal justice, civics education, jail medication, correctional facility, detention, incarcerated persons

Transcript Highlights:

• monthly window, you have to wait until next month.
• ><c> narrow</c> Or they'll alternatively set very narrow Or they'll alternatively set very narrow windows
• for submission of invoices that windows for submission of invoices that if<00:25:13.680><c> you</c><
• 00:25:14.000><c> that</c><00:25:14.280><c> super</c><00:25:14.560><c> narrow</c><00:25:14.840><c> window
• </c><00:25:15.200><c> on</c> if you miss that super narrow window on if you miss that super narrow window

Bills: HF1234 , HF3528 , HF3672 , HF3679 , HF3680 , HF1944

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• At the gas station one stormy day, a woman pulls up, cracks her window, screams, "How can you people
• c><00:24:45.720><c> up,</c><00:24:46.560><c> cracks</c><00:24:47.160><c> her</c><00:24:47.400><c> window
• ,</c> a woman pulls up, cracks her window, a woman pulls up, cracks her window, screams, screams, screams
• She<00:24:59.679><c> rolls</c><00:25:00.080><c> her</c><00:25:00.320><c> window</c><00:25:00.760><c>
• </c> She rolls her window up tight. She rolls her window up tight.

Transcript Highlights:

• It gives families a fair and realistic window to seek assistance, negotiate payment plans, or access
• Thank you for your time and consideration. families a fair and realistic window to families a fair and
• The windows in that building didn't open and temperatures reached the high 80s.
• The windows in that building didn't open, and temperatures reached the high 80s.
• and windows in that building didn't open and temperatures<01:32:24.159><c> reached</c><01:32:24.480>

Bills: HF3425 , HF3424 , HF1385

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• So what that might mean is, like in the case of our operating system, we use an embedded special Windows
• </c><01:22:55.520><c> 10</c> embedded special embedded Windows 10 embedded special embedded Windows 10
• the voting equipment and eliminates all other activities within what you would normally find in a Windows
• normally<01:23:17.600><c> find</c><01:23:17.840><c> in</c><01:23:18.080><c> a</c><01:23:18.239><c> Windows
• </c><01:23:18.639><c> operating</c> normally find in a Windows operating normally find in a Windows operating

Summary: The committee met to approve the October 21 minutes and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and public resources. The sponsors said the bill is intended to strengthen existing law by adding civil and criminal penalties for taxpayer-funded advocacy on ballot questions, especially in light of controversies during the 2024 election over school officials and districts using public resources to oppose a constitutional amendment. They also described related concerns about school districts hiring third-party lobbyists and public relations firms, particularly in Fayette County, and said the proposal was meant to keep tax dollars focused on public services rather than political persuasion. Committee members raised several concerns about scope and drafting. Some asked whether the bill should specifically mention schools, school boards, and school employees, and the sponsors said they would add that language. Others questioned whether the measure would also affect local government lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, and the sponsors said they intended to focus narrowly on schools while exempting certain advocacy organizations and internal government lobbyists. Members also asked whether public employees could still speak as private individuals, and the sponsors said yes. Several members suggested splitting the lobbying and ballot-advocacy issues into separate bills, and the sponsors said they would consider that. Members also pressed for clarification on how the bill would apply in practice, including whether it would cover legal challenges to petition drives or only advocacy after a question is on the ballot. Counsel for the sponsors said the bill would not cover some petition-related litigation as drafted, though they believed it should. The sponsors and supporters argued the proposal was needed to give the existing prohibition real enforcement, while some members warned that the language could unintentionally limit legitimate public representation or be too broad if not carefully drafted. No final vote was taken during the discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• But equity goes out the window when it's regional.
• Equity goes out the window when it's rural versus urban. That is bologna. Equity matters.
• </c><01:17:43.440><c> when</c><01:17:43.600><c> it's</c> equity goes out the window when it's equity
• ><c> out</c><01:17:45.440><c> the</c><01:17:45.600><c> window</c> regional.
• Equity goes out the window regional.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we have a door and window project. Again, something that would help with accessibility.
• Uh, we have a door and window project. Again, something that would help with accessibility.
• Uh, we have a door and window project. Again, something that would help with accessibility.
• Uh, we have a door and window project. Again, something that would help with accessibility.
• </c> exterior windows on that sixth floor. exterior windows on that sixth floor.

Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.

Transcript Highlights:

• Through the concept of mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors, I serve as a mirror for students who
• A mirror or window into embracing their identities and a sliding glass door to believing in themselves
• Through the concept of mirrors,<00:11:51.440><c> windows,</c><00:11:51.839><c> and</c><00:11:52.000><
• c> sliding</c><00:11:52.399><c> glass</c> mirrors, windows, and sliding glass mirrors, windows, and sliding
• A mirror or window into like them.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• It is a drug that's used, and granted, you know, we've been doing it for 20 years with a 10-day window
• It is a drug that's used, and granted, you know, we've been doing it for 20 years with a 10-day window
• It is a drug that's used, and granted, you know, we've been doing it for 20 years with a 10-day window
• </c><00:52:25.520><c> In</c> it for 20 years with a 10-day window.
• In it for 20 years with a 10-day window.

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• who are affected by this, they might not really be following all of this legislation, and this time window
• 48.440><c> uh</c><00:51:48.680><c> pass</c><00:51:48.960><c> them</c><00:51:49.240><c> by</c> time window
• is going to uh pass them by time window is going to uh pass them by so<00:51:50.280><c> unless</c><00
• is</c><02:04:02.320><c> gives</c><02:04:02.559><c> us</c><02:04:03.000><c> a</c><02:04:03.199><c> window
• us a window to the future<02:04:05.040><c> of</c><02:04:05.280><c> what</c><02:04:05.480><c> will</c

Committee: House Water & Land

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 13, 2025, and first announced that SB 1456 would be deferred to the end of the agenda and ultimately worked on later, with the chair indicating the bill would be deferred and revisited in a future measure. The committee then heard SB 841 on marine life conservation districts. DLNR supported the bill, saying it would fund carrying capacity studies to inform rules and policies. Testimony noted a pilot study already underway at the Puka Marine Life Conservation District and another nearing completion at the old Kona Airport MLCD. Members discussed costs, with DLNR estimating about $300,000 per year for one user-experience study, potentially more for ecological analysis, and also discussed possible funding from the Mālama Kai special fund. DLNR said it had no objection to consulting current operators and other users, and explained the program would be a new, ongoing adaptive-management tool. The committee next heard SB 411 on capital improvement projects at small boat harbors. DLNR supported the intent, saying the bill would help expedite use of special funds for CIP work, while the Department of Budget and Finance opposed it, arguing the draft could conflict with constitutional limits on appropriations. Public testimony from an industry representative supported the bill and urged more collaboration with commercial operators, while committee discussion focused on whether DLNR could already use special funds for repairs, how much engineering and bidding work is required before projects go out to bid, and whether the current process creates bottlenecks when bids exceed initial estimates. DLNR said it can do some repairs and maintenance within existing authority and funding ceilings, but that the bill as drafted could be too broad. The committee also heard SB 5 on historic preservation, where DLNR supported the measure and NAOP Hawaii opposed it, saying the bill’s broader definition could expand the scope beyond the stated goal of narrowing reviews and reducing backlog. The committee then took up SB 1462 on the state historic preservation income tax credit. The Department of Taxation said the revenue estimate assumes the cap would be reached each year the credit is available, and DLNR supported the bill. SHPD said the prior credit had sunset, outreach had previously been done in targeted communities such as Chinatown, and owners of eligible historic properties are notified during review. Finally, the committee heard SB 268 on island burial councils. DLNR supported the bill, and OHA strongly supported it, saying the councils have struggled with quorum and expertise and that the measure would restore the original intent of having lineal descendants and cultural practitioners as decision makers, while still allowing landowners and developers to testify and participate. OHA also said it would help provide technical support and urged continued involvement from SHPD and the Attorney General’s office.

Transcript Highlights:

• The part of it that I like the most is it's only for two years, and if during this two-year window we
• 07:05.560><c> during</c><00:07:05.960><c> this</c><00:07:06.160><c> two-year</c><00:07:06.720><c> window
• </c><00:07:07.560><c> we</c> and if during this two-year window we and if during this two-year window
• adopted a pre-Labor Day start to provide an additional week of instruction before the MCA testing window
• this year this the MCA testing window this year this adjustment<00:13:18.040><c> was</c><00:13:18.199

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• :34.280><c> her</c> would take the truck go park under her would take the truck go park under her window
• <c> hospital</c><01:52:35.880><c> every</c><01:52:36.079><c> night</c><01:52:36.280><c> while</c> window
• at the hospital every night while window at the hospital every night while she<01:52:36.560><c> was<
• back the next night and sleep under come back the next night and sleep under her<01:52:54.000><c> window
• that is what families went her window that is what families went through<01:52:56.800><c> we</c><01:

Transcript Highlights:

• ever been canoeing on the Mississippi River before, even though we can practically see it out our window
• </c><00:40:13.760><c> so</c> can practically see it out our window so can practically see it out our
• window so Cano<00:40:14.280><c> mobile</c><00:40:14.599><c> really</c><00:40:14.760><c> opened</c><00
• But in that 24-hour window ahead of that time, I should say, you could ask questions, and many folks
• </c> submissions but in that 24-hour window submissions but in that 24-hour window uh<01:08:17.319><c

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy