Transcript Highlights:

• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• <00:32:16.679> turns know that's how the 48 hour rule turns know that's how the 48 hour rule

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee received an informational overview from Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) staff on the agency’s role and current operations as it transitions from DHS. DCT described itself as Minnesota’s unique state behavioral health system, serving about 12,000 people annually through treatment facilities, residential group homes, and vocational sites, with about 5,000 staff and five major service lines including forensic services and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. The presentation also reviewed the new executive board required by statute and the 47 work groups created to support DCT’s move to separate-agency status, with staff saying the board is in place, has met, and the work groups are on track for the July 1 deadline. Committee discussion focused heavily on system capacity, staffing shortages, and discharge bottlenecks. DCT said recruiting and retaining staff remains its top pressure, with many vacancies and overtime contributing to burnout. Members also raised concerns about long waits for admission, lack of step-down and community-based placements, and the effect on county jails and hospitals. DCT said it has expanded some capacity, including increasing beds in Willmar, reopening the Ironwood unit in St. Peter, and repurposing the CARE program site to add 16 forensic beds, but emphasized that the broader problem is the lack of community-based options rather than just DCT beds. Members also discussed priority admissions and a prior task force process for handling jail referrals. DCT said the priority admissions framework began July 1 of the previous year, uses factors such as medical acuity and impact on referring facilities, and is intended to help with backflow, though it does not solve the underlying bed shortage. Staff said the priority admissions review panel’s report is due February 15. In response to questions about a high-cost one-to-one care placement, DCT said it had found a less costly alternative and that each case has unique needs. DCT also reported progress on an electronic health record rollout and said a substance use disorder report requested by the Legislature is nearing completion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Paula Stone, talk about the emergency rule on hospital-based residential treatment.
• So this is an emergency rule that was heard by ALC last week.
• The permanent rule is out for public comment, and the public comment will be completed on the 6th of
• You have already approved our rule overall for electronic visit verification.
• This rule stands reviewed. Thank you. Is there any other business to come, Mr. Chair?

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Durant from Worcester and Hampshire moves that the rules Mr.
• Durant, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there an objection?
• Durant, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith.
• The rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith. Is there an objection?
• The chair hears no objection under the rule. The chair hears objection under the rule.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and announced committee membership changes, including Senator Tarr’s resignation from the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading and Senator Durant’s appointment to fill the vacancy, followed later by the reverse reappointment. The chamber then took up and passed to be engrossed two local bills: H.4225, authorizing Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption, and H.4584, further regulating the appointment of special police officers in Malden. The Senate also considered several Committee on Rules orders extending reporting deadlines for current Senate documents. An order for the Committee on Financial Services was adopted, extending its deadline to May 4, 2026 for seven bills. Orders for the Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs and the Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery were amended from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026 before adoption, also covering seven bills. On final passage, the Senate adopted an emergency preamble for H.4259, designating the Widen Park tennis courts as the Kim O’Connell Tennis Courts, by a standing vote of 2-0. The Senate then enacted H.4602, increasing the membership of the select board in Munson, and H.4259, sending both to the Governor. The Senate adopted an order to reconvene the following Thursday at 11:00 a.m. and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Rules are suspended. The question comes on adoption of the resolutions.
• The Committee on Rules and the committees on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, report recommending
• that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on a petition of Peter F.
• Rules are suspended. Question comes on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
• Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Report of committee.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and local matters. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of resolutions commending the Sleep Apnea Awareness Initiative for recognizing March 2026 as Sleep Apnea Awareness Month and celebrating the commissioning of the USS Massachusetts; the House suspended the rules and adopted both resolutions. The House also concurred with a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for a Worcester County Sheriff’s Department employee, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send a petition on condominium conversions of co-owned two-unit buildings to the Committee on Housing. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a series of local bills for consideration, including measures for Somerville’s affordable housing trust, property tax exemptions in Swampscott and Arlington, the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, a Lexington parkland exchange, and a charter for the town of Orange. The House ordered these bills to a third reading. It also passed to be enacted two engrossed bills: one waiving the maximum age requirement for a Boston police officer applicant, and another authorizing DCAMM to convey parcels of land in Brockton. Later, the House took up additional third-reading bills and passed them to be engrossed, including another Boston police age-waiver bill and a bill allowing Sean Duffy to take the firefighter civil service exam despite the maximum age requirement. The session ended with adoption of an order to adjourn to Wednesday at 11 a.m. in formal session, and notice of a Democratic caucus at noon.

Transcript Highlights:

• The clerk shall read the proposed amendment to the Senate rules.
• Senate Rule Amendment, June 17, 2026. Privileges add 17.06, Senate seal.
• The Senate rule has been distributed to members' desks and will lie on the table.
• Senate rule amendment, June 17, 26, privileges add 17.06 Senate seal.
• The Senate rule has been distributed to members' desks and will lie on the table.

Summary: The Senate convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation by Senator Starr, followed by several courtesies recognizing Pride Month, a staff birthday, and later a retirement and a community celebration. Senator Robinson then used remonstrances to warn against expanding surveillance through school bus camera systems, arguing that leaked plans from a vendor could create commercial databases of drivers’ movements and erode privacy. The main business was confirmation of numerous gubernatorial appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions. Senators debated the process at length, with several minority members objecting that the volume of nominees, limited hearing time, and lack of transparency made meaningful advice-and-consent review difficult. Supporters responded that the nominees were qualified public servants and that the Senate should work with the Governor’s office on reforms. The Senate first confirmed a large block of appointments, then confirmed two Sustainability Board appointees, and later confirmed three Quality Education Commission appointees after extended debate. The Quality Education Commission nominations drew the most substantive policy discussion. Opponents argued the commission needs more technical research expertise and broader representation, while supporters emphasized the nominees’ education experience and direct knowledge of Oregon schools. Several senators described Oregon’s education system as in crisis, citing low reading and math proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and the need for urgent reform of the Quality Education Model and school funding. The Senate also received a proposed rule amendment creating an official Senate seal, which was distributed and held on the table, and the chamber adjourned without further action.

Transcript Highlights:

• , whether we want a rule or desire a rule, the morality of a rule.
• Of a rule, whether we want a rule or desire a rule, the morality of a rule, it just deals with what it
• It's a bright-line rule. It's a yes-or-no rule to prevent improper temptations in politics.
• I agree that that is already the rule. It has been the rule since the beginning.
• No Oklahoma case adopts that rule.

Summary: The Oklahoma State Election Board held a special meeting to address several candidate contests and related procedural matters. After roll call and opening remarks, counsel explained the hearing procedures, burden of proof, and possible outcomes. Several cases were noted as resolved or withdrawn, including Timmons v. Jones, Banning v. Sutterfield, and Roberts v. Gaw. In Ranson v. Riley, the board accepted constructive service after the respondent did not appear, heard that Riley was not a registered voter in the required district for the required period, and voted 3-0 to sustain the petition and strike him from the ballot, with costs assessed to the petitioner. The board then heard Hasenbach v. Pugh, a contest challenging Senator Adam Pugh’s candidacy for Superintendent of Public Instruction under the Oklahoma Constitution’s emoluments ineligibility clause. The petitioner argued that Pugh was a sitting legislator whose office’s salary and benefits had increased during his term, relying on stipulated facts, a compensation commission order, and prior case law. The respondent argued the salary increase came from an independent commission that expressly excluded current legislators and that benefit changes were automatic under a preexisting statute, so no qualifying increase applied to Pugh. The board resolved several procedural issues first, including striking a reply brief as beyond the original petition and admitting joint stipulations into the record. After a recess and executive session, the board returned to open session and voted 3-0 to deny the petition in Hasenbach v. Pugh, retaining Pugh as a candidate on the ballot and assessing costs to the petitioner. The meeting concluded with closing remarks from the secretary and a unanimous vote to adjourn.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House will now consider a motion in writing to adopt last session's rules as temporary rules.
• 16 as temporary rules.
• as temporary rules.
• As we did last session, we are excluding Rule 16, the pandemic rule, which was never activated during
• The House rules menu.

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• that were written quickly and under emergency rules by Parks and Wildlife.
• All registration and permitting rules have been followed.
• that were written quickly and under emergency rules by Parks and Wildlife.
• that were written quickly and under emergency rules by Parks and Wildlife.
• that were written quickly and under emergency rules by Parks and Wildlife.

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

Transcript Highlights:

• The hearing will operate under the new joint rules adopted by the House and Senate.
• So the Somerville home rule would actually exempt owner-occupiers because, as Rep.
• You've heard, and you'll hear today, what these various home rules do.
• You've heard and you'll hear today what these various home rules do.
• This home rule petition offers a targeted solution.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on a series of bills focused largely on local-option real estate transfer fees and housing funding tools for communities facing severe affordability pressures. Testimony strongly favored bills for Somerville, Concord, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Chatham, and a statewide local-option transfer fee, with speakers arguing that high-end real estate transactions should help fund affordable housing, anti-displacement efforts, workforce housing, and related capital improvements. Elected officials and local housing leaders described rising rents and home prices, investor activity, shrinking year-round housing stock, and difficulty recruiting or retaining teachers, police, health care workers, and other essential employees. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals would be optional for municipalities, could include exemptions for first-time homebuyers or seniors, and would direct revenue into local affordable housing trust funds or housing banks. Committee members asked questions about who would pay the fee and whether it could make housing less affordable, and supporters responded that the fees would be targeted at higher-value transactions and designed with local flexibility. For Somerville, the delegation and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne backed both a local home rule petition and statewide enabling legislation, saying the city has already used zoning reform, inclusionary zoning, and local housing funds but still needs a new revenue source to address displacement and investor-driven purchases. For Concord, Representative Carmine Gentile and Concord housing advocates supported a home rule petition and the statewide bill, arguing that a modest fee on sales above $1 million could generate predictable revenue for affordable housing production and preservation. One committee exchange focused on whether the fee would affect most Concord sales and whether it would be passed on to buyers; supporters said the policy was intended to shift costs toward higher-value properties and help leverage other funding sources. The committee also heard testimony on House 4105, which would redirect a casino-related revenue stream to the Healthy Incentives Program. Farmers, advocates, and residents said the current funding was originally intended to support horse racing but has not met that goal, and that the money would be better used to support Massachusetts farmers and food-insecure residents through HIP. In a separate bill, Senator Becca Rausch testified in support of Senate 268, which would create a state-level hostile learning environment complaint process for higher education institutions and potentially strip tax exemptions from colleges or universities found to have such environments; she cited anti-Semitic and transphobic incidents on campuses and argued that existing federal protections should be mirrored in state law. The hearing also included testimony on college tuition debt reduction legislation from Senator Michael Moore, who said the bill would allow a deduction for tuition and fees paid to Massachusetts public colleges and universities to ease student debt and support the state’s workforce. A major portion of the hearing focused on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket housing bank proposals. Hospital, school, housing, planning, and municipal officials from Martha’s Vineyard said the island’s year-round housing shortage is harming health care, schools, and the local workforce, and urged approval of a housing bank funded by a local-option transfer fee. Nantucket witnesses made similar arguments, pointing to a very high median home price, a large seasonal housing stock, and the need for a dedicated revenue stream to preserve and create year-round housing. Supporters repeatedly cited the long-running success of the islands’ land banks as evidence that transfer fees can work without harming real estate markets. Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Thomas Moakley Luddy also backed the Cape and Islands transfer-fee bills, saying the region needs bold action and a sustainable local funding source to address its housing crisis.

Transcript Highlights:

• The rules are suspended. Question comes on adoption of the resolution.
• that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on the following petitions: the petition of John J.
• The rules are suspended. Question comes on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
• Joint Rule 12 is suspended.
• Barber of Somerville moves suspension of Rule 7A.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. Members adopted a resolution designating August 8 and 9, 2026, as a sales tax holiday, concurred with the Senate on a sick leave bank petition for Edward Suber of the Department of Youth Services, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow two additional petitions to move forward: one concerning contract and coverage standards for health care worker platforms and another allowing firefighters of the Adams Fire District to continue serving past age 65. The House also received and approved a scheduling report for several bills, including two additional sick leave bank measures and a bill on firefighter and police officer age requirements. The chamber then moved through third-reading and engrossment actions on several bills. It passed Senate Bill 2574, providing accidental death benefits for the surviving spouse of a former Boston firefighter, and Senate Bill 2967, addressing ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Lindenbrook culverts and dams. The House also enacted House Bill 5392, authorizing the town of North Attleborough to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption. Later, it passed to engrossment House Bill 4716, amending the charter of the city of Pittsfield, and House Bill 5358, authorizing the City of Newton to place municipal charge liens for unpaid local charges or fines. The House observed a moment of silent tribute for Michael P. Higgins of Woburn, recognizing his long service to the community, local courts, politics, and addiction awareness efforts. The session concluded with adoption of an order to meet again Monday at 11:00 a.m., followed by adjournment to an informal session at that time.

Transcript Highlights:

• Wong of Saugus moves suspension of the rules. All those in favor say aye. Opposed, no.
• The Committee on Rules and the two branches acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
• Rules are suspended. Question comes on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
• Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Report of Committee.
• Rule 7A is suspended.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several reports from the Committee on Rules. It adopted a series of congratulatory and commemorative resolutions, including recognitions for All Out Adventures, Alex Gillen, Marianne Labarge, the New England chapter of the National Kidney Foundation, and Sergeant Christopher McDermott. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of two petitions, including one on Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System creditable service and another to designate a portion of Route 20 in Oxford as the Brodor Curve. The Committee on Steering and Policy recommended a number of bills for House consideration, including measures on insurance benefits for certain Blackstone officials, highway namings in Lenox and for Bill Russell and Bob Cousy, container safety, coal rolling, right-of-way violations known as Cecilia’s Law, recognition of the Honor and Remember flag, several Boston Police age-waiver bills, a Pittsfield charter amendment, and a littering bill. The House suspended Rule 7A, gave the bills second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The House then took up engrossed and third-reading bills, passing several to be engrossed, including measures for Beckett and Swampscott, a Boston Police age-waiver bill for Angela C. DePena, a civil service examination bill for Anthony Morales, a Westrow charter bill, and a Revere ordinance enforcement bill. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing no debate, please open the rules. Anybody want to change the rules? Seeing no, vote.
• That will be the ruling. Please discuss your bill, sir. Thank you.
• Please close the rule and announce the vote. With 11 yes, zero no.
• Please open the rules. Does anybody want to change the vote?
• Please close the rules and announce the vote. With 10 ayes, zero nays.

Bills: SB1734, SB1630, SB1894, SB1975, SB1432, SB1437, SB1812, SB346, SB1250, SB710, SB1489, SB2045, SB1614

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, schools, public school districts, education technology, edtech, student privacy, FERPA, data privacy, data security, emerging technologies, machine learning, generative AI, classroom technology, instructional technology, teacher oversight, human-in-the-loop, student data, parental consent, opt-out

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Rules Chair, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Thank you, Madam Rules Chair. Without objection, show the motion adopted.
• Thank you, Madam Rules Chair. Without objection, show the motion adopted.
• Madam Rules Chair, you're recognized for another motion. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Rules Chair Passidomo, you're recognized for a motion. Thank you, Mr. President.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and pledge, then the Secretary read the joint proclamation calling the session. The proclamation stated the session was called to address immigration-related legislation, including measures to coordinate with federal immigration enforcement, create a state immigration board, restrict benefits for undocumented immigrants, create offenses related to non-citizen voting, strengthen detention and bail rules, require identification in state interactions, and provide funding and penalties related to enforcement and officials. The Senate read the filed bills first time: SB 2C and SB 4C, both relating to immigration, and SM 6C, a memorial urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. The President and several senators discussed the immigration package, emphasizing support for President Trump’s immigration agenda, funding for law enforcement, and cooperation with the governor and House. The President also condemned threats and violent rhetoric directed at Commissioner Simpson and his family, and Senator Pizzo echoed concerns about threats and urged senators to discourage inflammatory social media behavior. The Rules Chair announced the Appropriations Committee would meet the next day, and the Senate adopted motions waiving rules to place SB 2C, SB 4C, and SM 6C on the special order calendar for Thursday, with an amendment deadline tied to the Appropriations Committee meeting. Another motion sent bills filed outside the call to the Rules Committee for review. Senator Burgess recognized USF Health medical and resident students in the gallery. The Senate then adjourned until Thursday, February 13, or upon the call of the President.

Transcript Highlights:

• cannot quantify because the rules cannot quantify because the rules haven't<01:02:45.760> been
• <01:02:52.559> are ensures that when those rules are ensures that when those rules are written
• notice before finalizing security rules notice before finalizing security rules and<01:07:41.200
• go into rule making.
• We need the rule go into rule making.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and also check the federal rules and also check the federal rules enabling<01:19:32.480> act<
• We're adopting this rule.
• about what is the extent of the rule about what is the extent of the rule making<01:25:27.840>
• <01:25:40.000> down seemed to be going down the rule down seemed to be going down the rule
• satisfied that under the ethics rules satisfied that under the ethics rules there<02:17:28.240><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Speaker, last night the Rules Committee met and produced a rule.
• rule 20, further proceedings clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on<03:17:35.520> this<03
• six of rule 20.
• <05:06:04.480> Members the rules and pass the bill? Members the rules and pass the bill?
• The rules are suspended.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 12.7 of the rules of the Florida Senate.
• I rise to make a point of order under Rule 7.7, Rule 7.1, paragraph 3, and the germaneness standards
• Rule 7.1, subparagraph 3, and the germaneness standards outlined in the Senate's rules require any amendment
• Now we will return to Senator Martin's bill and the Rules Chair's ruling on CS for House Bill 1609.
• Senator Martin's bill and the Rules Chair's ruling on CS for House Bill 1609.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0. The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process. Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.

Transcript Highlights:

• , we can always change our rules.
• > our<00:04:08.720> rules.
• always change our rules. always change our rules.
• That's exactly what was happening until this rule was changed.
• This rule was important for that reason.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: Senators discussed and celebrated a rule change allowing infants and young children on the Senate floor, along with related accommodations for parents. Speakers described the change as historic and long overdue, saying it would make the institution more family-friendly and help elected officials balance parenting with legislative duties. Several senators recounted personal experiences with being removed from the floor, breastfeeding challenges caused by the old rules, and the importance of being able to keep working without forcing staff to serve as child care. The discussion emphasized that the change received broad bipartisan support, including from many younger parents, and that the final version also included an amendment allowing staff to bring children if needed. Senators said the rule applies specifically to the Senate floor, not other parts of the Capitol, and argued that staff should not be put in the position of caring for lawmakers’ children. They also noted that the rules are temporary and could be changed again, but expressed confidence the new policy would work and would not be rolled back. The conversation then shifted to the chamber’s schedule. Leaders said the Chavez bill was taken up and placed on general orders for debate the next day, alongside a Senator Port bill and two small bills being moved in both bodies. They said most of the week would be spent working in committees before the deadline, and that the Chavez name repeal could be sent to the governor’s desk well before the cutoff date.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Campaign Spending Commission has already ruled that child care costs can be considered campaign expenditures
• This relates to administrative rules beginning January 1, 2027, and requires all state agencies to make
• the full text of their rules available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a
• > administrative sp55 this uh relates to administrative sp55 this uh relates to administrative rules
• beginning January 1 2027 requires rules beginning January 1 2027 requires All<00:01:44.759> State

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held a decision-making-only agenda and voted on a series of bills, mostly following the chair’s recommendations. Measures passed unamended included SB 1202 on allowing campaign funds for child care and dependent care costs, SB 30 requiring all moped drivers to wear helmets, SB 55 requiring state administrative rules to be posted in a digitally accessible and searchable format, SB 106 on pedestrian conduct more than 200 feet from a crosswalk, SB 344 requiring helmets for skateboard users under 16, SB 849 increasing penalties for harming native species, SB 1337 clarifying Stadium Authority quorum rules, and SB 268 reducing the size of island burial councils and removing certain membership requirements. SB 1511, which prohibits vessels longer than 75 feet from entering Honay Bay, was also adopted, though the transcript includes some inconsistent wording about whether it was amended. Several bills were approved with amendments. SB 1048 on solicitation of funds from the public was amended to remove a ministerial exception and to require certain charitable organizations and fundraising platforms to file written contracts with the Department before commencing solicitations. SB 109 was amended so that, in specified circumstances, the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi version of a law would be binding when the law was originally drafted in English, translated into Hawaiian, and later amended. SB 66 on county building permits was amended to add a bad date, April 23, 2057. SB 1312, deferred to the 10 o’clock agenda, clarified that “profits from prostitution” includes money or property received from prostitution proceeds even if characterized as reimbursement or debt repayment; it was also passed with amendments. The committee also adopted a recommendation to pass SB 55 and other measures with the noted excused absences of Senator Gabbard and, at times, other members. Throughout the meeting, no major opposition was recorded beyond one member voting no or with reservations on some bills, and the chair repeatedly announced that the recommendations had been adopted. The meeting concluded after the 10 o’clock agenda, with notice that the committee would meet upstairs for later agendas with WHAM.

Transcript Highlights:

• Services shall adopt rules Services shall adopt rules to<01:15:54.600> implement<01:15:55.240
• <01:31:21.280> to Services adopt emergency rules to Services adopt emergency rules to establish
• plan to also address the emergency rule plan to also address the emergency rule making. making.
• This amendment also emergency rules.
• offer us a motion to suspend our rules offer us a motion to suspend our rules to<02:30:51.160>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first returned to Senate Bill 71, a consumer data privacy and online surveillance bill. Members debated a proposed amendment that would have removed language allowing companies to rely on consumer consent to sell certain sensitive data. Supporters argued consent pop-ups and terms-of-service notices are not meaningful consent and that sensitive data should be categorically protected, citing Maryland and other states. Opponents, including the committee presenter, said the bill was a carefully negotiated compromise needed to establish Vermont’s first data privacy framework and warned that adopting the amendment could jeopardize passage in the Senate or with the governor. The committee reported the amendment unfavorable on a 9-0 straw poll, the House rejected the amendment, and then approved the committee’s recommended proposal of amendment by roll call vote, 129-3. During questioning on S. 71, members discussed the bill’s applicability thresholds, with the presenter explaining that the 35,000-consumer threshold was modeled on Connecticut, while lower 3,000 thresholds for sensitive data and data sales were based on business testimony and intended to capture smaller entities such as accountants, lawyers, nonprofits, and trade associations that share or sell lists. Members also asked about the bill’s many exemptions, which were described as covering entities already regulated by state or federal law, including health care entities under HIPAA and banking and insurance sectors. The presenter and supporters emphasized that the bill still requires clear privacy notices, limits data collection to what is reasonable and disclosed, and gives consumers rights to opt out, correct, and delete data. After the roll call vote, the House ordered third reading, suspended rules to place S. 71 in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and suspended rules to message the action to the Senate forthwith. The House then moved to Senate Bill 193, relating to establishing a forensic facility for certain criminal justice-involved persons. The committee presenter from South Burlington previewed that the bill would create a permanent forensic facility, with a separate amendment expected to address interim arrangements while the facility is being developed. The transcript ends as the House begins second reading of S. 193 and the committee reports are introduced, with further debate not shown.