Transcript Highlights:

• </c> gaming establishment. gaming establishment.
• games of chance?
• </c> commission regulates gaming. commission regulates gaming.
• . gaming. gaming.
• </c> for Responsible Gaming. Yes. for Responsible Gaming. Yes.

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• are</c> Millions those lattle games that are Millions those lattle games that are only<00:52:45.920><
• ><c> gaming</c><00:53:44.720><c> system</c><00:53:45.240><c> and</c> includes the central gaming system
• to use that electronic gaming system.
• c><01:18:02.800><c> are</c><01:18:03.000><c> secure</c><01:18:03.800><c> and</c> games are safe the games
• are secure and games are safe the games are secure and that<01:18:04.880><c> not</c><01:18:05.719><c

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In Washington, sports wagering is only permitted on the premises of a tribal gaming facility of a federally
• recognized Indian tribe that amends its Class III Gaming Compact to authorize such activity.
• Class III gaming compacts are governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, also known as IGRA.
• In tribal gaming, we have complex, proven regulatory systems in place to catch bad actors.
• In tribal gaming, we have complex, proven regulatory systems in place to catch bad actors.

Summary: The committee heard staff briefings and testimony on several bills. Senate Bill 6137 would expand Washington sports wagering by allowing wagers placed over the internet to be accepted at any tribal gaming facility, not just the same tribe’s facility, and would allow wagering on collegiate events involving Washington institutions while continuing to prohibit bets on individual Washington athletes’ performance. Washington State University opposed the bill over concerns about harassment, point shaving, and broader gambling harms, while the University of Washington supported the individual prop-bet ban but urged caution. An Emerald Queen Casinos representative supported the bill, saying it would move existing illegal wagering into a regulated system with safeguards. The committee also heard Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035, which would require regular consultation with tribes on voting access and authorize a secure electronic ballot return portal for military, overseas, Native American, and disability voters. The Secretary of State’s office supported the bill’s tribal outreach and said it was more comfortable with the revised portal language, but several election-security witnesses opposed the portal sections, arguing internet ballot return is too risky and lacks adequate standards. King County Elections supported the portal as a more secure option than current email and fax methods, and said it would improve access while preserving paper trails and security checks. Substitute Senate Bill 6034 would codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs as a cabinet-level agency. The office and a tribal health liaison testified in support, saying codification would stabilize government-to-government relations with tribes and ensure continuity beyond executive preference. Substitute Senate Bill 6081 would restrict public disclosure of sex designation information in certain licensing and vital records; supporters said it would protect transgender people from doxing, harassment, and violence, while opponents argued it would make official records less accurate. Staff also briefed Senate Bill 5863 on Lakeland Village records, Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406 reestablishing the Joint Select Committee on Civic Health, and Senate Bill 5892 on voter data protections. The committee adopted amendments to SB 5863 and SB 5892, rejected some other amendments, and reported SB 5863, SCR 8406, and SB 5892 out of committee with due pass recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• We will go ahead and kick it right off with Jessica Manuel, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and
• Chair and members, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission is a five-member commission that is charged with
• How can the Game and Fish Commission play a key role in protecting the...
• How can the Game and Fish Commission play a key role in protecting the endangerment of animals such as
• This is meant to take what we can: existing people, existing folks that have skin in the game.

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 3 and February 10, 2026, then heard two nominations. Jessica Manuel was introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. She described a science-focused background and experience with state and multi-agency work, and members discussed wildlife management, including gray wolves and conservation. The committee voted 8-0 to recommend her confirmation. Stephen Williams was then introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Livestock Loss Board. He emphasized his experience with the State Land Department and livestock operators, and members asked about compensation claims and wolf-related livestock losses. The committee voted unanimously to recommend his confirmation as well. The committee next considered SB 1785, which would codify ADWR’s existing one-mile safe-harbor policy for recovery wells near groundwater storage facilities. Supporters said it would provide certainty and preserve current practice, while ADWR requested clarifying language about the bill’s definitions. Opponents argued it would lock current policy into statute and could reduce flexibility. The bill received a 5-3 do-pass recommendation. SB 1082, which would impose sanitation and handwashing requirements on petting zoos and similar animal encounter exhibits, drew emotional testimony from a parent advocate describing children hospitalized with STEC HUS after a state fair petting zoo exposure, while opponents said the bill was unnecessary and overly burdensome. The committee adopted the sponsor’s amendment but then deadlocked 4-4, so the bill failed. The committee then took up SB 1336, a continuation and reform bill for the Arizona State Land Department that also created a temporary oversight committee and, through a large amendment, added lease, notice, and committee-structure changes. Supporters from mining and agriculture backed the measure as a way to improve predictability and transparency, while some members objected to the amendment’s scope and the committee’s composition. The amendment passed 4-3 and the bill as amended was recommended 6-2. SB 1200, an emergency measure directing ADWR to revisit certain Phoenix AMA assured water supply applications using older groundwater models, was supported by the sponsor but opposed by CAP/GRD and ADWR, who warned it would add replenishment obligations and rely on outdated models; it passed 5-3. SB 1335, requiring the Arizona Water Banking Authority Commission to post its annual report online, passed 7-0-1. SB 1559, creating rural groundwater management work groups in each basin with NRCD involvement and annual reporting to ADWR, drew support from conservation district representatives and opposition from Mohave County interests concerned it would not address overpumping; it passed 5-3. Finally, SB 1761, appropriating $47.7 million to the University of Arizona for its desert agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and experiment station programs, was presented as a land-grant mission funding measure and received broad support from agriculture and several members, with some concerns about budget priorities and the size of the appropriation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Brandt actually got to go to the football game.
• And, yes, I will say a very interesting game. It's too bad that the Broncos' game...
• I will say a very interesting game.
• I've never been to a playoff game before.
• They all say the championship, and so he enjoyed the game.

Keywords: 996, all

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• team for their outstanding victory in last night's Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship game
• team for their outstanding victory in last night's Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship game
• Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated today's games
• team for their outstanding victory in last night's Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship game
• Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated today's games

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . wild game at all.
• So if if you're a wild game at all.
• 00:36:31.920><c> for</c> if that wild game is destined for if that wild game is destined for donation
• it comes to wild game. it comes to wild game.
• </c> inspected when they only do wild game inspected when they only do wild game and<00:37:02.640><c>

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I played basketball in college, tried out for the Olympics, and was in the top 20 guards in the nation

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To mean only direct winnings from a game of skill or luck.
• And it's, and it's a game of enjoyment. For sure, yeah.
• So let's be clear, game rooms and casinos are, are, game rooms are environments of flashing lights, blaze
• What is a, a, a gain from the game?
• And does the association have an opinion on any of those digital games being able to run a poker game

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:

• There's not been a restocking by Fish and Game in the meantime, so the 2023 impacts continue to, you
• and Game in that this column is entirely blank.
• That's not because we don't love Fish and Game.
• And so, of course, I asked Fish and Game, you guys have Good Neighbor Authority too.
• So that's really the name of the game here is uncertainty. So why are we even here?

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> secondary game operators? perhaps. secondary game operators? perhaps.
• </c> game operators in the licensure sense. game operators in the licensure sense.
• </c><00:35:41.680><c> Um</c> or the game tables themselves. Um or the game tables themselves.
• </c> managing the game managing the game that<00:36:15.480><c> is</c><00:36:15.640><c> happening.
• It really is, though, game, essentially.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• used by all game wardens, repair and upgrade our game warden training center, and allow the agency to
• Is the number of game wardens statewide?
• staffed even if game wards are in deployment.
• Where mountain lions are treated as a game animal.
• My name is Scott Blackburn and I am president of the Game Warden Peace Officers Association.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:18:12.159><c> to</c> positions moving from fishing game to positions moving from fishing game
• one of those fishing game positions back to<00:18:28.159><c> fishing</c><00:18:28.520><c> game</c><00
• But for Fish and Game, two are in the budget; we're sending one back to Fish and Game if that works for
• Uh, I don't remember that particular... fishing game positions requested in the fishing game positions
• spoke with fishing game like representa said<00:22:09.080><c> fishing</c><00:22:09.400><c> game</c><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up a House Bill 2 amendment to remove a bail-related section that had already passed in another bill and was now considered duplicative. Members discussed the earlier change to how bail commissioners are reimbursed, concerns that the Judiciary was losing money collecting the fees, and whether the magistrate-related language would still be needed. They noted the bill had already crossed over to the Senate, that the section was obsolete, and that any remaining issue about magistrates’ five-year terms might need to be raised with the Criminal Justice Committee. Amendment 997H, deleting section one, was moved, seconded, and adopted unanimously. The committee then reviewed a package of HB 1 position transfers involving the Department of Environmental Services, Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Staff explained that several positions were being shuffled to correct position numbers and align permitting functions, including one Fish and Game position moving back to Fish and Game, one DEES position remaining funded after ARPA money ends, and adjustments to hours for permitting and environmental services positions. Members discussed whether the Fish and Game position had been intended to be temporary, but ultimately agreed to accept the first four Environmental Services items and the last two Natural and Cultural Resources items as a package; that motion passed unanimously. They then also accepted sections 2 through 8 of HB 1 with the related amendments and footnote language. The committee next turned to dredge-and-fill fee changes in section 11, where one member objected to a 50% fee increase for seasonal docks, arguing it could discourage permitted work and might apply to repairs that only require notification. Staff said the increase was intended to help cover the cost of additional positions in future biennia, but members decided to hold that section for more information, including how many seasonal dock repair fees are actually collected. Finally, the committee began discussing HB 215 and a proposed tipping-fee/surcharge structure to make a solid waste accounting unit self-funded, with members saying the fee could offset about $2.9 million in general fund costs and support the grant program, but no final action was taken on that item in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• And the game of golf is about honesty. It's about integrity.
• This game is a wonderful game.
• It's also a game... ...and that's often the most fastidious and frustrating time.
• It's also a game that teaches a little kid from the barrio that he can be somebody.
• That's what the game of golf teaches you about life. And so thank all of y'all today.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, an invocation, and routine business including dispensing with the previous day’s journal, receiving a House message on HB 104/HJR 34, and a gubernatorial message naming two appointees to the Texas Real Estate Commission. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day, Golf Day in Texas, Cindy Ramos-Davidson, and the 50th anniversary of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District. Members then adopted memorial resolutions honoring fallen first responders, including Deputy Jesse Ray Perez and Deputy Melissa Pollard, and the Senate agreed to adjourn in their memory. The Senate considered and passed several bills. SB 2199 increased penalties for loading overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials; SB 1959 adjusted permit factors for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District; SB 1376 changed supervision rules for code enforcement officer trainees; SB 2595 created a new offense for harassing, intimidating, or threatening someone while concealing identity with a mask or similar headgear; SB 1012 authorized sale or lease of certain surplus state property in Austin; SB 2245 revised bonded title procedures; SB 2605 created a municipal housing authority asset commission; SB 3044 expanded and adjusted the board of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District; SB 628 clarified county fire code enforcement authority through interlocal agreements; SB 2778 raised the spending threshold for emergency services district employees; SB 3039 addressed public higher education transfer issues; and SB 2523 allowed release from municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition. Most of these bills were passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and final passage was completed, often by wide margins. The chamber also took up SB 1844, which would require cities to provide services before expanding taxing areas into limited-purpose jurisdictions; a floor amendment narrowed the bill, and it was passed to engrossment. SB 2284 clarified municipal and county authority over firearms, airguns, archery equipment, and related items, and was passed despite opposition. SB 2529, dealing with the vote threshold for taxing units to adopt higher tax rates or issue tax bonds, prompted extended debate over voter approval and representative decision-making; after questions, the bill was passed to engrossment and held. At the end of the session, the Senate recessed for 20 minutes and announced it would meet as the Caucus of the Whole.

Transcript Highlights:

• And I was able to notify Fish and Game and get them back.
• On behalf of the Fish and Game Commission, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak.
• A recent 2024 Fish and Game policy states that department staff will not enter anyone's home.
• For these reasons, the Fish and Game Commission does not support Senate Bill 1326.
• That conversation can be as much, in my opinion, much larger than specifically Fish and Game.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 20 and February 23, 2026. It then introduced several RS measures, including RS 3313-C-1 on Idaho Housing and Finance Association reporting and transparency, RS 33525 relating to an Idaho Department of Fish and Game gun club-related alternative, and RS 3344-1, a trigger bill concerning machine guns if the federal ban is repealed or overturned. Each of those motions passed without opposition. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1326, a private property/warrant bill sponsored by Senator Harris. The bill would generally require government agents to have a warrant, exigent circumstances, or consent before entering private land not open to the public, while preserving certain exceptions for law enforcement, water rights, drones, weed control, and abatement districts. Supporters, including landowners and the Idaho Farm Bureau, described experiences with government officials entering private property without permission; Fish and Game and the Idaho Association of Counties opposed the bill, arguing it would hinder routine compliance checks and enforcement. After testimony and questions, the committee voted to send SB 1326 to the 14th order for possible amendment. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 1286, sponsored by Senator Nichols, which would regulate paid non-accredited assistance for veterans’ federal benefit claims. Supporters said the bill would protect veterans from aggressive marketing, unclear fees, and misuse of personal information while preserving access to free help and allowing contingent-fee arrangements under set rules. Some veterans testified in favor of consumer protections, while one veteran said the bill could limit his ability to choose paid help that had worked for him. The committee approved a motion to send SB 1286 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard Senate Joint Resolution 103, sponsored by Senator Adams, proposing a constitutional amendment to create a trust for certain lands granted or acquired from the federal government and to bar their sale, with revenues used for land management, county payments, and education-related purposes. Supporters framed it as a way to protect public lands from sale and preserve access, while opponents from Conservation Voters for Idaho and the Wilderness Society warned it could create financial uncertainty, wildfire costs, and management problems without a clear state structure. The transcript ends during continued testimony on the resolution, with no final committee action shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• It includes employees of IDL, Fish and Game, Department of Ag, Forest Service, BLM, county assessors,
• On behalf of the Fish and Game Commission, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak.
• A recent 2024 Fish and Game policy states that department staff will not enter anyone's home.
• For these reasons, the Fish and Game Commission does not support Senate Bill 1326.
• That conversation can be as much, in my opinion, much larger than specifically Fish and Game.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It is not a game. It is not political posturing.
• It is not a game. It is not political posturing.
• It is not a game. It is not political posturing.
• It is not a game. It is not political posturing.
• So no, I am not trying to play games.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These rules affect only lands owned or managed by Fish and Game.
• I am Amber Worthington, Deputy Director of Programs and Policy Department of Fish and Game.
• Director of Programs and Policy Department of Fish and Game.
• These rules affect only lands owned or managed by fishing game.
• Chairman, so we have campgrounds here in Region 3 that are Fish and Game-owned properties.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The charity wants, when they have a game date, to make as much as they can on that game date.
• </c> Gaming Commission. Gaming Commission.
• </c> Charitable Gaming Commission. Charitable Gaming Commission.
• Senate Bill 542, limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilities.
• </c> char- charities at gaming facilities. char- charities at gaming facilities.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Video game consoles also a big um lobby. Video game consoles also a big um lobby.
• I can tell you, like the game console exemption, for example, is driven by game console manufacturers
• No, if people can fix their consoles, they will play games. They'll buy more games.
• </c><00:36:27.760><c> And</c> play games. They'll buy more games. And play games.
• They'll buy more games.

Bills: SF0052 , SF0024

Committee: House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Keywords: wildlife management, environmental restoration, funding, invasive species, aquatic ecosystems, native fish, habitat conservation, lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all