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• And whereas Taiwan is a pivotal force for stability in the Indo-Pacific that amplifies the values of
• Taiwan's role on the global stage and for its efforts to preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait

Bills: HB3767, HB3934, HB4199, HB4336, HB2947, HB3834, HB4302, HB4095, HB3287, HB3649, HB4430, HB4431, HB2059, HB3647, HB3986, HB3548, HB3661, HB4346, HB3075, HB4273, HB3391, HB4128, HB3557, HB3239, HB3982, HB2123, HB2979, HB2997, HB3148, HB4108, HB4143, HB4266, HB2053, HB4058, SR30

Keywords: dentistry, licensing, dental hygiene, foreign-trained dentists, temporary license, public health, emergency response, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation

Transcript Highlights:

• And that government could still be a force of stability, fairness, compassion, and good.
• THAT IS WHAT THE SENATE HAS DONE UNDER THIS MAJORITY'S When Washington chose chaos, we delivered stability

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and briefly closed out the 2025 legislative session by adopting a concurrent resolution on adjournment. The chamber then reopened for the 2026 session with a quorum present, a prayer by Bishop Mark O’Connell, and opening remarks from the Lieutenant Governor, Minority Leader Rob Ortt, and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. The remarks focused on the responsibilities of the new session, the need to listen to constituents, and broad priorities such as affordability, public safety, rights protections, and working across party lines. Governor Kathy Hochul’s message requesting the Senate’s presence for the 2026 State of the State address was read and filed. In their remarks, Ortt emphasized affordability, keeping more money in New Yorkers’ pockets, energy choices, and public safety, while Stewart-Cousins highlighted rising costs for housing, groceries, utilities, health care, and child care, along with defending voting rights, equal rights, and immigrant communities. Both leaders said their conferences were prepared to work with each other and with the Governor. The Senate then adopted two organizational resolutions: one appointing Senators Bynoe and Chan to inform the Governor that the Senate was organized and ready to proceed, and another appointing Senators Ryan and Wildcat to inform the Assembly that the Senate was assembled and ready to proceed. No substantive legislation was debated, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, January 12, at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days designated as legislative days.

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• Next bill is Senate Bill 1044, SD 2, HD 2, relating to the stabilization of property insurance.
• Next Bill is Senate Bill 10 44 SD two, HD two relating Relating to the stabilization of property insurance

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• The trafficker was their only stability; their trafficker was their only consistency.
• Imagine having someone who buys and sells a child and rapes them over and over be their only stability

Bills: HB2646, HB3941, HB5153, HB5155, HB5394, HB 1106, HB426, HB4529, HB3984, HB4273, HB 1097, HB3940, HB1941, HB4377, HB3153

Keywords: child care, task force, high-quality care, affordability, prekindergarten partnerships, foster care, transitional living, Medicaid reform, youth assistance, independent living, services for youth, employment training, educational support, mental health services, health care, public health, child health program, reimbursement, local health entities, maternal health

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• on a tax system and entities benefiting from the state's infrastructure, workforce, and economic stability
• of of sorry okay yes the stability of of sorry okay yes the maintenance<03:26:47.600> of<03:26
• :47.840> the<03:26:48.000> stability<03:26:48.399> depends<03:26:48.640> on
• c> maintenance of the stability depends on maintenance of the stability depends on essential<03:26:49.279
• According to the stabilized environment.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2021, a transportation measure creating a framework for electric bicycle and micromobility regulation. The bill would define electric bicycle and electric micromobility device, set age and helmet rules, restrict class 3 e-bikes from sidewalks, allow limited sidewalk use for class 1 and 2 bikes, prohibit high-speed electric devices and certain nonconforming devices in specified locations, update county tax definitions, and change related terminology. Testimony was largely supportive from DOT, police, Honolulu officials, Hawaii Bicycling League, AAA Hawaii, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and several individuals, while DCCA’s Insurance Division asked for clarity on whether insurance would be required. Committee discussion focused on safety, enforcement, and the fact that no insurance market currently exists for these e-bike classes; members also discussed the need to target bad actors rather than ordinary riders. The chair then proposed and the committee adopted amendments to HB 2021, including clarifying that road-legal, permitted, classified electric bicycles are not subject to insurance requirements at this time; allowing properly classified electric bicycles on sidewalks at 10 mph or less subject to county restrictions; barring high-speed electric devices and other nonconforming devices from public roadways; authorizing impoundment of non-road-legal or improperly registered devices; and requiring direct parental supervision for riders under 16 on class 2 or 3 e-bikes. The committee also made technical and effective-date changes. The recommendation to pass HB 2021 with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present. The committee next took up HB 1641, a related transportation bill addressing high-speed electric devices. The chair explained that the measure would prohibit the sale, lease, rental, distribution, possession, or operation of high-speed electric devices and establish penalties, but the committee’s version would narrow the focus to devices covered by HB 2021. The amended bill would prohibit offering high-speed electric devices for lease or rent, require sellers to comply with the new regulatory framework, ban operation on bicycle lanes, highways, roadways, and streets, and set a civil penalty of $250 to $1,000 per violation. After no further questions, the committee voted to pass HB 1641 with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. The meeting then moved to HB 1709, which would transfer regulation of the Hawaii Water Carrier Act from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation and make conforming changes with an appropriation. DOT testified in support, while the PUC and DCCA’s Consumer Advocacy Division raised concerns about preserving consumer protections and the complexity of moving the regulatory framework. Young Brothers supported the bill and said the current system is outdated, but the discussion remained ongoing; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 1709 is shown.

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• Less growth, less stability, and less certainty about their future.
• <00:15:06.320> and Americans retire with stability and Americans retire with stability and
• <00:21:38.880> And safety and stability of Americans.
• And safety and stability of Americans. And finally,<00:21:39.440> Mr.
• Let me remind you that when the auto rescue moved forward, corporate interests were stabilized, made

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This roller coaster to reestablish stability creates an additional barrier to those helping people leaving
• This roller coaster to reestablish stability creates an additional barrier to those helping people leaving
• This roller coaster to reestablish stability creates an additional barrier to those helping people leaving
• This roller coaster to reestablish stability creates an additional barrier to those helping people leaving
• This roller coaster to reestablish stability creates an additional barrier to those helping people leaving

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We know that when students have difficulties with their economic stability, where they have, you know
• important that is, and we know that a very good first step to making sure students have some financial stability
• We know that when students have difficulties with their economic stability, where they have, you know
• important that is, and we know that a very good first step to making sure students have some financial stability
• important that is, and we know that a very good first step to making sure students have some financial stability

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Next up, we have Iron Workers 625 Stabilization Fund. Good morning, Mr.
• My name is Clif Le Boy, Iron Workers 625 Stabilization Fund. I'm here on behalf of George G.
• Paris, managing director of the Stabilization Fund. We will stand on our written testimony.
• iron workers 625 stabiliz stabilization iron workers 625 stabiliz stabilization fund<01:31:38.400
• I represent Iron Workers 625 Stabilization Fund under the management of T. Jorge Paris.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1233, relating to storm management systems, which would add safety and maintenance requirements for detention and retention ponds. Supporters, including Alison Schafers of the Ki Injury Prevention Coalition and Kristen Herstead of the Hawaii Lifeguard Association, said the measure is needed because poorly maintained ponds can become hidden drowning hazards, especially for children, and argued that fencing, signage, and life-saving equipment would have minimal cost. Schafers described the death of her daughter in a detention pond and said the bill reflects recommendations in the Hawaii Water Safety Plan. Members asked about whether the issue should be handled at the county level; testifiers responded that a statewide standard is needed, though counties would likely handle permitting. No vote was taken on the bill during the excerpted discussion. The committee then heard HB 867, relating to recreational facilities, which would require accessible playgrounds. The Department of Land and Natural Resources said it submitted comments and that state parks do not generally have recreational facilities affected by the bill, while most such facilities are under county jurisdiction. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Disability Communication Access Board, and the Disability Rights Center all supported the bill’s intent but recommended changes, including replacing the term “special needs” with “accessible,” focusing the requirement on new and renovated playgrounds, and specifying wheelchair-accessible swings. Testifiers emphasized that accessible play spaces promote inclusion for children with disabilities and benefit all children. No final action or vote was reported. The committee also took up HB 1358, relating to a public land trust working group. DLNR supported the measure and said it had provided written comments, while the Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported the bill and described longstanding problems with incomplete land inventories, self-reported revenue data, and disputed public land trust payments. OHA said an audit it funded suggests the state owes more than current payments reflect, and other supporters said the bill is needed for transparency, accountability, and a complete inventory of public trust lands, including submerged lands. Committee questions focused on how the public land trust information system is maintained, who updates it, and how revenue reporting works; DLNR said the system is older, has limited dedicated IT staffing, and relies on agency self-reporting rather than independent verification. No vote or final committee action was announced in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• The effects will be a means of maintaining stability of the funeral homes, I guess. >> Yes. Yes.
• our economy because those to stabilize our economy because those jobs<01:26:47.280> are<01:26
• We provide stability for a hundred years to come, and we're doing the right thing for the people.
• We provide stability<02:02:09.679> for<02:02:09.920> a<02:02:10.080> hundred<02:
• to come stability for a hundred years to come and<02:02:11.760> we're<02:02:12.000> doing<

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 28 senators present. The body agreed to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading and adopt the previous journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be introduced throughout the day. The presiding officer also recognized several guests on the floor and in the gallery, including an intern from the Lieutenant Governor’s office and guests of Senator Chambliss. Committee reports focused on confirmations for Alabama State University’s Board of Trustees. Patricia Anne Jones (Confirmation 79), Angela Star (Confirmation 80), and Bobby Singleton (Confirmation 78) each received favorable committee reports and were confirmed by the full Senate, with roll-call votes showing unanimous or near-unanimous support. The chamber spent considerable time in lighthearted debate and personal remarks during Singleton’s confirmation before adopting the motion and confirming him. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 81 commending the Coach Safely Foundation for youth sports injury mitigation, and several other resolutions honoring individuals and organizations, including Johnny Williams, Jim America, Senior Trooper Hunter Woodruff, and retired Army Colonel Shawn Thomas Prricett. A resolution encouraging Alabama public high schools to form a consortium was also adopted. On local bills, the Senate passed Senate Bill 243 regarding Jefferson County and House Bill 532 regarding Shelby County, both by using the previous roll and with no opposition. The Rules Committee then reported a special order calendar for the 22nd legislative day, which the Senate adopted 30-0. The special order calendar included bills on the Board of Funeral Services, the Public Service Commission, tax abatements, electric utilities, child support, dogs, school lands, Chambers County, and real property. The first special-order bill taken up was Senate Bill 107 by Senators Figures and Gudger, concerning the Alabama Board of Funeral Services. Senators discussed the bill’s purpose of funding the board’s increased duties, the effect on funeral home license fees, and an amendment offered by Senator Bell to reduce certain fees. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was explained as not affecting pre-need funeral arrangements. Debate continued as members asked questions about costs to families and funeral homes, but the chamber had not yet reached final disposition of the bill by the end of the excerpt.

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• The king was doing this for the purpose of stability and long-term thriving."
• So, the state stepped in to encourage this stability, this family stability, because it does encourage
• of stability and long-term thriving." of stability and long-term thriving."
• ,<02:03:02.640> this<02:03:02.920> family<02:03:03.320> stability.
• this stability, this family stability. this stability, this family stability.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal from March 9, 2026, and made several announcements about committee meetings and visiting student groups. Members also moved out of order to consider Senate Joint Resolution 11, which designates a portion of U.S. Highway 34 in memory of Sergeant John Jack Thurman. Supportive remarks highlighted Thurman’s Marine Corps service at Iwo Jima and his later work in Colorado. The resolution passed unanimously, 61-0, with four excused. The chamber then took up third-reading bills. House Bill 1213, continuing the Biomass Utilization Grant Program, and House Bill 1185, continuing the Cold Case Task Force and updating its sunset review, both passed 61-0. Senate Bill 7, allowing terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana in health facilities, drew supportive remarks about patient choice and district support and passed 49-12 with four excused. House Bill 1137, concerning requirements for campaign consultants, prompted extended debate. Supporters argued it would address conflicts of interest and protect candidates from unethical consulting practices, while opponents said the issue should be handled by contract rather than law and warned against further regulation. The bill failed on third reading, 26-35, with four excused. The House then moved to Senate Bill 1 on housing policy; the transcript cuts off during debate, with concerns raised about housing shortages, vacancies, and the risk of a housing bubble.

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• Speaker Mike Johnson is choosing to preserve now allow this local production of ammonia to bring stability
• <00:03:37.599> and of ammonia to be bring stability and of ammonia to be bring stability and
• This bill is an opportunity not just to advance innovation, but to also bring stability and certainty
• Innovation but to also bring stability Innovation but to also bring stability and and and certainty
• effect and I've would be a a stabilizing effect and I've seen<00:20:03.360> some<00:20:03.600

Bills: HF2103, HF2793

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, community solar, energy policy, sustainability, solar garden program, regulation sunset, 1183, house

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• I urge your support of Senate File 2120 to fully fund and stabilize community supervision services in
• I urge your support of Senate File 2120 to fully fund and stabilize community supervision services in
• I urge your support of Senate File 2120 to fully fund and stabilize community supervision services in
• I urge your support of Senate File 2120 to fully fund and stabilize community supervision services in
• I urge your support of Senate File 2120 to fully fund and stabilize community supervision services in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• budget maintains progress made over the past few years to strengthen families, provide economic stability
• efforts, ensuring that when reunification is likely, benefits remain within the family to assist in stability
• 26:30.520> in remain within the family to assist in remain within the family to assist in stability
• <01:26:32.480> to<01:26:32.719> assist<01:26:33.000> with<01:26:33.239> stability
• <01:26:33.760> in stability to assist with stability in stability to assist with stability

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services committee heard a presentation from Department of Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner Tiki Brown on the department’s 2025 budget and transition plans. Brown said the governor’s budget pairs targeted reductions with modest investments, resulting in net general fund savings, while preserving core safety-net programs. Major proposals included funding for program integrity, modernization of the child welfare SSIS system, compliance changes for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), operating adjustments, and a transition account reallocation as the new department continues moving programs from other agencies through July 1, 2025. A large portion of the discussion focused on CCAP fraud prevention and oversight. Brown and Assistant Commissioner Diane Hy explained that the proposed statewide electronic attendance recordkeeping system would replace retroactive paper-based attendance reporting with more timely data, making it harder to falsify attendance and claim payments improperly. Brown also said the department is working with the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General and other partners on compliance and fraud controls. Senators pressed for more detail on current enforcement, whether payments can be withheld for violations, and whether recent media reports showed gaps in oversight; Brown said payments can be stopped for false attendance records, suspended or revoked licenses, or fraud allegations, but not for health and safety violations alone. The committee also reviewed other budget-neutral policy changes, including expanding permanency support services for relative foster care and tribal equivalents, strengthening tribal child welfare grants, updating TEACH scholarship rules for early childhood educators, and adjusting the Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program to create a special revenue fund and extend a 10% payment increase to tribally licensed programs and programs on tribal reservation land. Brown also described a $1.5 million annual reduction to restorative practices grants, leaving a smaller ongoing base. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• <00:56:23.400> that<00:56:23.599> at think to to kind of stabilize that at think to
• to kind of stabilize that at least<00:56:24.000> that<00:56:24.240> portion<00:56:24.599
• The ability to lean on general funds if such an emergency occurred would add stability for the program
• The ability to lean on general funds if such an emergency occurred would add stability for the program
• <01:10:34.120> for<01:10:34.280> the occurred would add stability for the occurred

Bills: HF2446, HF2878, HF2667, HF1795, HF2683, HF2916

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• not better but a more stabilized not better but a different<01:24:52.080> program<01:24:52.400
• stabilized different program that's more stabilized so<01:24:53.679> if<01:24:53.840> they
• But having on-site staff that we are able to pay just really helps stabilize, if that's helpful. for
• <01:31:39.679> Thank<01:31:39.760> you, stabilize if that's helpful.
• Thank you, stabilize if that's helpful. Thank you, Dr.<01:31:40.239> Men.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This is a targeted, accountable investment in maternal health, workforce stability, and national security
• Members, I present AB 2311, the Public Hospitals' Physician Stability Act.
• Respectfully, request an I vote. ...and are strengthening the workforce and stability.
• AB 2567 ensures families who appear to qualify for benefits can receive timely support to stabilize their
• AB 2567 ensures families who appear to qualify for benefits can receive timely support to stabilize their

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened in session, established a quorum, offered a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a very large third-reading file while urging members to be at their desks for their bills. The day featured many support measures on housing, health care, public safety, local government, labor, education, and consumer protection, with repeated reminders that absent authors would have their bills skipped. Several bills were passed temporarily or retained on file, but the chamber spent most of the time taking up individual measures and voting on them. Among the bills discussed were measures on land surveying, nurse midwifery access, historic-district transit zoning, EV charging infrastructure, foreclosure equity protections, tribal inclusion in interstate cannabis commerce, outdoor advertising permitting delays, commercial building permit timelines, DUI penalties, farmworker disadvantaged-community designation, restaurant reservation bots, open-space tax exemptions, pop-up business permits, anti-hate training for officials, sideshows and street takeovers, utility rate transparency, CalWORKs eligibility, dynamic electricity rates, interior designer licensure, compost contamination, modular housing standards, small claims limits for businesses, Native American Day as a paid state holiday, rural maternity care funding, protective orders tied to defendant release, immigrant service provider privacy under Safe at Home, mentally disordered offender evaluations, compounded weight-loss drug regulation, plasma donation center rules, missing persons DNA database updates, AI chatbot safeguards for children, an official state apology to California Native peoples, foster youth housing navigation, CTE teacher credentialing, Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, CalFresh protections, public hospital physician employment authority, child care, and film tax credit changes for post-production work. Testimony was generally supportive from authors, who framed the bills as cleanup, modernization, consumer protection, or targeted equity measures. A few measures drew notable opposition or debate, especially AB 2624 on Safe at Home privacy protections for immigrant service providers, where opponents argued it could chill journalism and transparency while supporters said it was needed to protect people facing doxing and threats. AB 2208 and AB 2299 were presented as responses to federal HR 1 impacts on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, and AB 2023 on AI chatbots drew emotional support centered on child safety and a reported suicide case. The chamber also heard strong advocacy for Native American recognition bills, rural health access, and housing affordability. Most bills passed with little or no opposition, often unanimously. Recorded votes included AB 1933 (48-0), AB 1696 (49-0), AB 2415 (54-0), AB 1820 (50-0), AB 1957 (53-0), AB 2506 (60-0), AB 2024 (58-0), AB 2418 (61-0), AB 1578 (44-17), AB 1600 (46-9), AB 1661 (44-10), AB 1715 (46-7), AB 1755 (66-0), AB 1787 (43-5), AB 1796 (45-6), AB 1812 (47-1), AB 1815 (57-0), AB 1827 (59-0), AB 1841 (64-0), AB 1868 (61-0), AB 1882 (64-0), AB 1889 (69-0), AB 2624 (49-19), AB 1897 (57-1), AB 1990 (52-0), AB 2009 (65-0), AB 2018 (60-0), AB 2023 (58-8), AB 2115 (65-0), AB 2162 (60-0), AB 2206 (62-0), AB 2208 (42-17), AB 2237 (54-0), AB 2241 (62-0), AB 2246 (56-1), AB 2249 (51-0), AB 2299 (51-1), AB 2311 (65-0), and AB 2314 (68-0). The session ended with the Assembly still working through the file, including the opening of AB 2319 on film tax credits.

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• Making investments in home hardening will will improve insurers' financial stability by decreasing losses
• Targeting homes in high-risk areas for investments in home hardening will improve the overall stability
• Improving insurance market stability throughout the state. E.
• We eliminated the budget stabilization factor, and we updated the school funding formula for the first
• And it'll help stabilize... ...many of these residents that are in place.

Keywords: 981, all

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• /c><00:08:40.320> provider<00:08:40.840> market,<00:08:41.479> and >> stabilize
• the provider market, and >> stabilize the provider market, and improve<00:08:42.200> access
• Access to affordable, high-quality child care is critical to the stability and economic success of Minnesota's
• Access to affordable, high-quality child care is critical to the stability and economic success of Minnesota's
• So, we will skip through the case studies here on housing stabilization services and arms.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Schools must remain places of safety, stability, and hope.
• Why this bill is necessary to protect kids and stabilize our learning environments?
• <01:10:10.880> our to protect kids and stabilize our to protect kids and stabilize our learning
• Aren't schools meant to be places of learning, belonging, and stability for all of our kids?
• <01:20:20.880> for learning, belonging, and stability for learning, belonging, and stability

Bills: HF3435, HF3409

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds