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• Next order of business will be first reading of House bills and House joint resolutions.
• The clerk will read the House bills and joint resolutions.
• Next order business will be first reading of house bills and house joint resolutions.
• The clerk will read the House bills and joint resolutions.
• Upon return, members should be prepared to consider House to be substitute for House Joint Resolution

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• If not, the question for the Senate is on the concurrence in the House amendment to Senate Bill 137.
• Clerk, read resolution first time. Engrossed House Joint Resolution 42, Homestead Exemption.
• Resolution: Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, by Senator Fuller, requesting the Joint Committee on Government
• Ingrossed House Joint Resolution 42, Homestead Exemption. resolution first time.
• Engrossed House Joint Resolution 42, Homestead Exemption. First reading of the resolution.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required. The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments. The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.

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• It's House Concurrent Resolution 98 HD1.
• It's<00:32:50.080><c> House</c><00:32:50.320><c> Concurrent</c><00:32:50.679><c> Resolution</c><00:32
• </c> It's House Concurrent Resolution 98 HD1. It's House Concurrent Resolution 98 HD1.
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Summary: The Committee on Housing heard and acted on three measures related to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) and affordable housing policy. First, it considered GM 681, the nomination of Garth Yamanaka to the HHFDC Board of Directors. Yamanaka testified that he supports using all available tools to increase housing production, including open space and park dedication where feasible, more revenue-neutral and workforce housing, and a broad mix of housing types. Senators questioned him on priorities such as perpetual affordability, state- and county-owned projects, and whether HHFDC should focus more on revenue-neutral housing; he generally supported greater flexibility and more options, while emphasizing the need to consider feasibility and local market needs. The committee recommended GM 681 for advise and consent and adopted that recommendation unanimously, with Senator Fevella excused. The committee then heard GM 764, the nomination of Susan Coons to the HHFDC Board. Coons said she supports prioritizing state and government lands for affordable housing but stressed that the government cannot solve the housing shortage alone and should continue to engage private and nonprofit partners. In response to questions, she said HHFDC should give greater priority to perpetual affordability and could potentially devote more resources to revenue-neutral, income-blind housing, but she cautioned against blanket policies and said decisions should be guided by data, community needs, and project readiness. She also supported the idea of a 100,000-unit housing plan and said HHFDC should focus on more specific policies and projects. The committee recommended GM 764 for advise and consent and adopted the recommendation. Finally, the committee considered HCR 83, which supports using the dwelling unit revolving fund for pre-development costs through interim loans for government affordable housing projects. HHFDC testified in support and explained that it already has authority to make pre-development loans, but the resolution would provide policy support and comfort to the board. Members asked about loan security and default; HHFDC said such loans would typically be secured by land collateral and that it would not expect to forgive the loans. The committee agreed to pass the resolution with amendments, including adding committee report language about default and collateral and noting HHFDC’s existing authority. In a joint portion with the Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs, the committees also took up HCR 98 HD1 and recommended it pass with amendments to clarify that the countywide housing pattern book applies only to the City and County of Honolulu and involves collaboration between Honolulu housing and planning agencies. All recommendations were adopted, and the hearing adjourned.

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• Next on our agenda is Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, a concurrent resolution directing the establishment
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• 89 a concurrent resolution resolution 89 a concurrent resolution directing<00:26:34.840><c> the</c><00
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Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 75, sponsored by Senator Reed, which would lower Kentucky’s concealed carry age from 21 to 18. The bill’s supporters, including Taylor McKe of the NRA, argued that 18- to 20-year-olds are legal adults who should have equal Second Amendment rights, noting they can vote, serve in the military, and otherwise be treated as adults. Supporters also cited court decisions and historical arguments, while opponents, including Kathy Hobart and Chuck Eddie, warned that the bill would increase gun violence and put more guns in the hands of young people without adequate training. Senator Carol said he opposed the bill because the brain is not fully mature until about age 25 and called the measure irresponsible; Senator Denine said he would pass the bill but wanted training requirements added; Senator Thomas also opposed it on public safety grounds; and Senator Wheeler supported it as a parity and self-defense measure for law-abiding young adults. After debate, the committee voted on SB 75 and reported it favorably with the expression of opinion that it should pass. The roll call reflected a mix of support and opposition, with several members explaining their votes. Supporters emphasized self-defense, constitutional rights, and consistency with adult responsibilities, while opponents focused on youth violence, public safety, and the lack of a training requirement. The committee then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, sponsored by Senator Jimmy Higdon, which would direct the establishment of a Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force. Higdon described it as a typical interim work group and said it would include five House and five Senate members. Discussion broadened to expungement and restoration issues, including marijuana-related convictions and other records that members said should be reviewed in light of changing laws. Chair Storm noted he had filed a separate expungement task force resolution and suggested the measures could be coordinated. The resolution was moved, seconded, and the roll was called, with Senator Thomas later explaining support for treating older marijuana convictions more equitably in light of current law.

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• We're in receipt of communications returning the noted House Concurrent Resolutions, both having been
• noted Senate concurrent resolutions.
• </c><00:14:51.920><c> We</c><00:14:52.079><c> are</c><00:14:52.160><c> in</c> concurrent resolutions.
• We are in concurrent resolutions.
• We will be going over House concurrent resolutions, which are after the House bills.

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• He will tell you no, we have to do it by concurrent resolution.
• resolution and we done by um concurrent resolution and we intend<02:18:48.399><c> to</c><02:18:48.559
• </c> no we we we have to do it by concurrent no we we we have to do it by concurrent resolution.<02:19
• My understanding was that we can do it by concurrent resolution, but we can also do it by bill.
• And I will assure you I will pass at least a Senate concurrent resolution if it's a House concurrent

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• Docket 13-117-2401, rules governing use of bait for hunting big game. This is on page 70.
• And with that, I ask the committee's support for repealing that docket, 13-117-2401.
• Chairman, I move we approve rule docket 13-117-2401. Committee, you have a motion before you.
• Legalization of sabots is in a catch-up with statute, House Bill 128 from last session.
• I wanted to thank the House Resource and Conservation Committee for the opportunity to speak today.

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

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• Speaker, notwithstanding House Rule 23A or any other House Rule, I move that the House... Mr.
• Business on the Speaker's desk: House Resolution 2008. Daniel Cade Blackman.
• House Resolution 2008, the death resolution for Daniel Cade Blackman.
• Speaker, I move that House Resolution 2008 be unanimously adopted, and that the House stand for a moment
• Without objection, the measure is unanimously adopted, and the House recognizes this resolution.

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• Okay, committee, we have Senate Concurrent Resolution 115.
• Committee, we have Senate Concurrent Resolution 115. Senator Harris. State your name.
• Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35, here to present this concurrent resolution.
• Why a concurrent resolution as opposed to just a bill? Senator Harris. Mr.
• Committee, you have Senate Concurrent Resolution 115. What's your wishes? Senator Cook.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

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• The Outerous House adjourned having arrived, the House of Leonardo.
• House No. 5053 reports that the amendments are correctly drawn. Question now is on concurrence.
• The House stands in recess. I don't know. The House is in order.
• The House stands in brief recess. The House stands in brief recess. The House is in recess.
• House of the House of the... House of the... I hope to be in the briefings.

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• House Bill 2791.
• The chair lays out as a matter of pending business House Concurrent Resolution 90.
• There being five ayes and no nays, House Concurrent Resolution 90 will be reported to the full Senate
• House Concurrent Resolution 90 will be reported to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation.
• Senator Schwertner moves that House Concurrent Resolution 90 be recommended for the local and uncontested

Committee: Senate Economic Development

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• Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution 3037 was introduced by Representative Rios and approved by the
• Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution 3037 is a concurrent resolution urging the 70th Legislative Assembly
• Concurrent Resolution 3037 by a vote of 13-0, 0 absent or excused in that voting.
• Members of the Assembly, House Concurrent Resolution 3037 received a unanimous do-pass recommendation
• Representative Schauer reiterated that he moved concurrence with the Senate amendment to House Bill 1300

Summary: The North Dakota House convened with prayer, roll call, and recognition of guests and student visitors, then moved through a long calendar of resolutions and bills. Early in the session, members honored Mandan High School’s e-sports team for state championships and recognized House Minority Leader Zachary Ista’s birthday. The House then passed HCR 3037 unanimously, urging mandatory reporting requirements for public officials, after committee support and remarks emphasizing accountability in public office. The chamber then considered numerous Senate amendments and final-passage votes on bills covering ambulance service grants (HB 1597), Public Service Commission records and open meetings (HB 1110 and HB 1063), squatter/trespass law (HB 1305), nonconforming structures in local governments (HB 1500), academic tenure policy (HB 1437), retirement eligibility for correctional officers and state radio dispatchers (HB 1274 and HB 1419), a Medicaid dental study (HB 1567), above-ground fuel storage tank regulation (HB 1058), gaming site authorization procedures (HB 1615), an oil extraction tax incentive outside the Bakken and Three Forks formations (HB 1483), and simple assault protections for hospital workers (HB 1341). Most of these measures passed, though HB 1231, which would have created a study on early discontinuation of sex offender registration, failed on final passage. A major point of debate was Senate Bill 2354, which would restrict student use of personal electronic devices during the school day in public and nonpublic schools, with exceptions for medical and special education needs and annual reporting on impacts. Supporters argued it would improve focus, behavior, and mental health, while opponents raised concerns about private-school regulation, logistics, liability, and duplication with a similar bill. The House passed SB 2354, and also passed SB 2112, which temporarily authorizes the Life Skills and Transition Center to serve certain non-eligible youth in crisis, despite objections that the facility should remain focused on developmental disabilities and concerns about repeating past institutional problems. The House also debated and rejected HB 1300 on legislative term limits after extensive discussion about whether the Senate’s date change altered the effect of the voter-approved measure. The session ended with announcements, committee notices, and adjournment until April 8, 2025.

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• Senate Concurrent Resolution 162 by Senator Umberg, relative to Casa Appreciation Day.
• Senate Concurrent Resolution 167 by Senator Ochoa Bogh, relative to Mother's Day.
• Senate concurrent resolution 167 by Secretary, please read.
• Senate concurrent resolution 167 by Senator Ochoabog, relative to Mother's Day.
• Resolution 144, Assembly Concurrent Resolution ...

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• The House concurs.
• House Bill 515, exempting Hancock schools; House Bill 751, exempting Warwick schools; House Bill 1271
• House number 1562. The House bill. Relative to benefit to retirement benefits. House number 2921.
• And the House bill. boards, House number 3724, and the House bill.
• House number 515. An act exempting Warwick schools. House number 751.

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• Any testimony in favor of House Concurrent Resolution No. 29?
• We will now move to testimony in favor of House Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
• All right, next witness in opposition to House Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
• Testimony in favor of Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
• This concludes the hearing on House Concurrent Resolution 29. Is that okay? All right. We have one.

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Summary: The committee first took up executive action on Senate Bill 890. Members explained that the House committee substitute combined provisions from related bills, changed the title to accommodate an amendment, and restored language that had been unintentionally repealed in section 217.550. The amendment was adopted, the substitute was adopted, and the House Committee Substitute for SB 890 was voted do pass by a roll call of 11 ayes and 1 no. The committee then heard Senate Bill 945 from Senator Carla May, which would raise the civil filing surcharge in the city of St. Louis from $15 to up to $20 to support the law library and related court services. Senator May and a representative of the Law Library Association of St. Louis testified that the surcharge had not been raised since 1996, that costs had increased, and that the increase would help maintain legal research resources and public access. Questions focused on whether the amount was sufficient and what other funding sources existed; there was no opposition testimony. Finally, the committee heard House Concurrent Resolution 29, which urges Congress to restore mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef and pork. The sponsor and supporters argued that consumers should know where meat comes from, that independent cattle producers are harmed by consolidation in the packing industry, and that voluntary labeling is inadequate. Opponents from the Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, and Missouri Pork Association argued that mandatory labeling adds regulatory burden, is not supported by consumer purchasing data, and should remain voluntary. The hearing included extensive testimony from cattle producers and consumers, but no vote on HCR 29 was taken in the portion provided.

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• Senate concurrent resolutions.
• We'll be going over House Concurrent resolutions which are after the House bills.
• We'll be going over House Concurrent resolutions which are after the House bills.
• We'll be going over<05:30:37.600><c> House</c><05:30:37.920><c> Concurrent</c><05:30:38.400><c> resolutions
• </c><05:30:39.360><c> which</c> over House Concurrent resolutions which over House Concurrent resolutions

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• This bill has passed the Senate and will be sent to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.
• This bill has passed the Senate and will be sent to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.
• This bill has passed the Senate and will be sent to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.
• This bill has passed the Senate and will be sent to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.
• This bill has passed the Senate and will be sent to the House of Representatives for its concurrence.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then received committee reports from Banking and Insurance and Judiciary. Several leaves of absence were granted, and the chamber took up calendar and procedural motions, including re-referrals and tabling actions on multiple bills. House Bill 1102 and Senate Bill 911 were re-referred to Appropriations, House Bill 96 and Senate Bill 599 were briefly laid on the table and then returned to the calendar, and House Bill 2400 and Senate Bill 746 were also sent to Appropriations. The Senate later agreed to consider a discharge-related motion on minimum wage, but the motion to make it a special order of business failed by a vote of 23-27. On final passage, Senate Bill 1182 passed 50-0 after Senator Boscola described it as a modernization of the Board of Vehicles Act to address software-based vehicle features, warranty reimbursement, data protections, loaner vehicles, and related dealer/manufacturer issues; she noted amendments had been adopted to address stakeholder concerns. Senate Bill 1334 also passed, 29-21, after the Senate rejected Amendment A44049, which would have exempted certain cardiology technicians from licensing requirements if credentialed and supervised; supporters argued the exemption reflected existing practice and credentialing, while opponents said the bill was needed for patient safety and consistent oversight. Senate Bill 1372 passed 50-0, and House Bill 2426 was re-referred to Appropriations. The latter part of the session focused heavily on minimum wage and budget timing. Senators Tartaglione, Hughes, and Costa argued Pennsylvania had gone 20 years without raising the minimum wage and urged action on a House-passed minimum wage measure, while Senator Pittman said Republicans were willing to “meet in the middle” but opposed the House proposal as written. Members also discussed the state budget, the rainy day fund, and whether the Senate should remain in session; after debate, Senator Pittman’s motion to recess to the call of the President pro tempore was adopted 27-23, and the Senate stood in recess.

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• Any testimony in favor of House Concurrent Resolution No. 29?
• We will now move to testimony in favor of House Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
• Testimony in favor of House Concurrent Resolution No. 29. Put your witness form in the box.
• Testimony in favor of Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
• This concludes the hearing on House Concurrent Resolution 29. Is that okay? All right.

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

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• On your next bill, Senate, House Concurrent Resolution 103. three.
• And members, this is House Concurrent Resolution No. 3 by Representative Cruz.
• I would make a motion to report House Concurrent Resolution 103 as amended.
• I would make a motion to report House Concurrent Resolution 103 as amended.
• Okay, House Concurrent Resolution 103.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and the chair noting it was the committee’s last meeting of the session. The committee first considered Senate Bill 254, which would prohibit certain excess debit card surcharges and authorize enforcement by the Attorney General. After adopting technical amendments and a committee amendment requiring written notice before a private right of action, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then took up Senate Bill 80 on broadband administration fees and GUMBO program closeout. Members questioned the proposed increase in administrative and contractor fees, the timing of project completion, and how withheld reimbursements would work for utility damage. After adopting several amendments, including cleanup language and a provision to restore the reimbursement process, the bill was reported favorably as amended, though the Louisiana Telecommunications Association voiced concerns about the withholding language and lack of a clearer fault-determination process. The committee next considered Senate Bill 469, updating the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. Technical amendments were adopted, along with amendments clarifying that the bill’s 30-day notice to utility owner-operators is separate from existing GUMBO notice requirements and creating a rapid dispute-resolution process involving the Office of Broadband, the utility operator, and the local governing authority. Testimony from broadband and municipal stakeholders emphasized the need for quicker responses to excavation damage and better enforcement, while some witnesses raised concerns about the late amendment and the need for clearer recourse and standards. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 468, dealing with fuel rewards programs and fuel discount limits, was also amended to allow such discounts while capping them at $1 below the advertised price; it was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 131, concerning attorney’s fees and costs in professional licensing disciplinary proceedings, drew testimony from a cosmetology board representative and the Pelican Institute. Supporters argued the bill would curb incentives for boards to generate revenue through enforcement and give licensees a fairer opportunity to resolve cases; board testimony noted that some boards already have fee caps and that enforcement actions are relatively limited. After adopting an amendment clarifying when a licensee is the prevailing party, the bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 251 on critical infrastructure protection also received technical amendments and several substantive changes, including adding ports and airports to the definition of critical infrastructure, clarifying “significant access,” adding a knowledge requirement, and adjusting exemptions and enforcement timing; it was reported favorably as amended after testimony from State Armor representatives about foreign adversary threats. Finally, House Resolution 253 was introduced to create a task force to study how post-2005 building code additions and inspection requirements affect residential construction costs, with the sponsor explaining the goal was to gather industry input and return recommendations next session.

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• The Senate would vote by majority to adopt the committee's findings via a concurrent resolution that
• It also adds requirements to the concurrent resolution, such as allowing repeal of a declaration by a
• The substitute removes the two-thirds threshold for initial adoption of the concurrent resolution due
• It says the legislature may repeal a concurrent resolution adopted under this section only by concurrent
• resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each House.

Bills: HB186 , HB201 , HB229 , HB796 , HB1506 , HB2702 , HB2885 , HB3225 , HB3909 , HB4285 , HB5138

Committee: Senate State Affairs