Transcript Highlights:

• And this is to require that third-party vendor has access to VIN numbers and lien holders and owners.
• The vendor has access to all the information.
• <00:59:00.400> to<00:59:00.559> that can give other people access to that can give
• Uh, they all individuals have access to the court system as which would be trumped by federal law.
• So Avery for Ray Web is right up here.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with a prayer led by Reverend Lewis Dixon of Crystal Springs and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Members also welcomed several guest groups, including the Hazerhurst Middle School girls basketball team, the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists and students from several colleges, and Oakdale Elementary students visiting the Capitol. On the calendar, the House first took up several rules-calendar items and adopted them overwhelmingly, including a Senate concurrence resolution and multiple resolutions, with votes such as 118-0 and 121-0. The chamber also tabled House Bill 965. Later, House Bill 517, the Mississippi Charter Schools Act, passed 88-10 after members explained it was a technical bill with no substantive changes. House Bill 644, an Administrative Procedures Act measure requiring agencies to report rules or actions costing over $100,000, passed 114-0. The House then approved House Bill 1015, which replaces an inactive member on the Title 5 Advisory Council, by 119-0. House Bill 1314, dealing with contractor bonding and procurement thresholds, was amended to raise a bond amount from $25,000 to $75,000 and to increase a bidding threshold from $10,000 to $15,000; it passed 119-2. House Bill 1468, which narrows public-records access by excluding certain personal information, was amended with a reverse repealer to allow further work on the language and passed 118-1. House Bill 1529, a peer bill with a reverse repealer, passed 128-0. House Bill 1640 authorized DHS to use automated wage verification services and passed 115-2. House Bill 1754 created a fast-track option for cyber security software and hardware emergencies and passed 121-0. The House also adopted a strike-all amendment to House Bill 1218, extending the MyKids youth-court software authority for one year, requiring a progress report, and allowing continued use of MyKids or a replacement system; the bill passed 128-0 after questions about the system’s outdated nature and the need to keep AOC accountable. Finally, House Bill 1225, concerning non-consensual towing, was explained as requiring tow operators to identify who requested the tow and to provide VIN and lienholder information so certified notices can be sent; the discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and also that is very unlikely because the way these work is you have to have access to the blockchain
• Um, and also that is very unlikely because the way these work is you have to have access to the blockchain
• pretty secure finances, but she's carrying a big balance in a checking account that could be readily accessed
• pretty secure finances, but she's carrying a big balance in a checking account that could be readily accessed
• There's this thing called the dark web. And don't ask me much about it.

Bills: HB0098, HB0075, HB0041, HB0101

Keywords: gun control, Second Amendment, constitutional rights, misdemeanor, law enforcement, virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management

Transcript Highlights:

• The term includes, but is not limited to, prepaid access as defined by 31 CFR Section 1010.100, as amended
• term includes but is not limited to The term includes but is not limited to prepaid<00:46:45.920> access
• > defined<00:46:46.600> by<00:46:46.680> 31<00:46:47.160> CFR prepaid access
• as defined by 31 CFR prepaid access as defined by 31 CFR section<00:46:48.120> 1010.100 section
• committee five times this the third time, yes, it applies to just Jackson County area. >> Okay, so I can access

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles, and heard an invocation and pledge. The early portion of the meeting focused on recognizing recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Senate adopted resolutions honoring Greg Harkins for excellence in traditional craft, Jesse Robinson for lifetime achievement in blues music, Heather Christian for excellence in music composition, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra for excellence in performing arts, and Dorothy “Dottie” Armstrong for excellence in art education. The executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission briefly thanked the senators and invited them to the evening awards ceremony. The chamber also received several announcements and introductions, including recognition of the Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists’ Capitol Day and visiting students from several radiologic science programs. There was also mention of an out-of-order resolution commemorating the 155th anniversary of Alcorn State University, though no action on it was detailed in the excerpt. On the calendar, the Senate took up Senate Bill 2915, which concerns alcoholic beverages, native wine retail permits, and festival permits. The bill was explained as a measure to support Mississippi’s native wineries by allowing free-standing tasting rooms in different parts of the state while maintaining tax collection; a committee substitute and a friendly amendment were adopted, and the bill passed by use of the morning roll call. The Senate then began consideration of Senate Bill 2828, the Money Transmission Modernization Act, which would impose transaction fees, create a Law Enforcement 287G Program Fund, provide an income tax credit for fees paid, and revise licensing and control definitions. After objections to the usual motion, the bill was read at length, but the excerpt ends before final action on that measure.

Bills: HB1800, HB2095, HB1158, HB1518, HB1752, SCR23, SCR24, SCR25, SCR26, SCR27, SCR28, SCR29, SCR30, SCR31, SCR32, SCR33, SCR34, SCR35, SCR36, SCR37, SCR38, SCR39, SCR40, SCR41, SCR42, SCR43, SCR44, SCR45, SCR46, SCR47, SCR48, SCR49, SCR50, SCR51, SCR52, SCR53, SCR54, SCR55, SCR56, SCR57, SCR58, SCR59, SCR60, SCR61, SCR62, SCR63, SCR64, SCR65, SCR66, SCR67, SCR68, SCR69, SCR70, SCR71, SCR72, SCR73, SCR74, SCR75, SCR76, SCR77, SCR78, SCR79, SCR80, SCR81, SCR82, SCR83, SCR84, SCR85, SCR86, SCR87, SCR88, SCR89, SCR90, SCR91, SCR92, SCR93, SCR94, SCR95, SCR96, SCR97, SCR98, SCR99, SCR100, SCR101, SCR102, SCR103, SCR104, SCR105, SCR106, SCR107, SCR108, SCR109, SCR110, SCR111, SCR112, SCR113, SCR114, SCR115, SCR116, SCR117, SCR118, SCR119, SCR120, SCR121, SCR122

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

Transcript Highlights:

• It has to have access to it.
• How, what's the percentage of our municipalities that have a public access, or what people can actually
• Public participation is streamlined through an emailed and web-based public notice.
• It seems to be a little bit inland, and I guess you’ve got those access points that are coming in from
• We cut it in all sorts of ways, so it's useful to whoever needs to access that information.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• infrastructure it increases the access infrastructure it increases the access to<03:17:26.760>
• But one of the ways that I think the critical access law actually impedes the expansion of access is
• But one of the ways that I think the critical access law actually impedes the expansion of access is
• I mean, or access.
• <03:53:13.040> gone or or access in fact access has gone or or access in fact access has gone

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that more younger people now have access that more younger people now have access to<00:17:06.600
• committee as well um in accessing committee as well um in accessing long-term<00:17:20.760> care
• <00:19:38.440> more data um that people are accessing more data um that people are accessing
• Medicaid um this will incentivize access Medicaid um this will incentivize access to<00:58:39.160
• crisis um when we just got folks access crisis um when we just got folks access to<01:29:52.159>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Access.
• increase access to say that would access increase access to care.<00:53:50.319> I<00:53:50.720
• <01:01:30.880> For access to these procedures. For access to these procedures.
• patient access.
• a hope that this will expand access. a hope that this will expand access.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with several announcements and recognitions, including a lengthy tribute to Representative Carolyn Brangan of Georgia on her retirement and years of service, followed by remarks from Brangan explaining that she is leaving to care for her husband during cancer treatment. Additional members offered brief reflections, including one on the end of the session and another welcoming students from Founders Memorial School to the gallery, and a member from Brattleboro highlighted a collaborative mural in the card room titled “These Green Hills, Vermont State Symbols and Personal Reflections.” The body then took up its calendar. It adopted Joint House Resolution 12, authorizing limited remote voting in joint committees through the remainder of the calendar year, with an ADA-related accommodation for members physically present but unable to access a meeting room. The House also suspended rules to take up and concur in the Senate amendment to House Bill 935 on emergency management. The committee report described grant programs for emergency response and technical rescue, new definitions and shelter-planning language centered on “whole community,” a wildland fire response task force, and an emergency rulemaking provision requested by the Agency of Natural Resources; the committee approved the Senate proposal on an 8-3 straw poll, and the House concurred. The House next adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 952, the capital construction and state bonding budget adjustment bill. The report explained changes made in conference, including shifting funds to cover a higher-than-expected bid for the St. Johnsbury facility, restoring some funding for maintenance at the women’s correctional facility in Chittenden County, and setting aside $750,000 toward planning for Wi-Fi installation in correctional facilities. It also noted a lease-related language change for a Vermont Huts project at Little River State Park, with notification to the institutions committee chairs. The House then took up Senate Bill 64 on optometrists’ scope of practice; the committee presentation supported allowing specially credentialed optometrists to perform certain minor surgical, laser, and injection procedures, citing improved access, safety, cost, and workforce development, and the bill was read for second reading with committee recommendations for concurrence.

Transcript Highlights:

• It does not interfere with fire mitigation, emergency access, or public safety projects, all of which
• , with fire mitigation, emergency access, with fire mitigation, emergency access, or<00:39:19.520
• But prevention happens upstream through access to information.
• also ensures continuity so public access also ensures continuity so public access to<01:10:07.040
• I'm going to dog access to state parks.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.
• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.
• It is a web of 13 different NGOs, and they all share an interlocking directorship.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on HB 650, a housekeeping-style bill from the Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds. Testimony explained that the bill would remove references to two already-repealed dedicated funds, split the state parks dedicated fund so Cannon Mountain winter activities would be tracked separately from the rest of the parks system, and place a $1 million cap on the robotics education fund so excess money would revert to the general fund. Supporters said the changes were mainly administrative but would improve accounting and avoid timing issues; committee members asked about a typographical error in the bill text and whether the measure was more than housekeeping. The committee later voted 16-0 to recommend HB 650 ought to pass, and then placed it on the consent calendar. The committee also opened a public hearing on HB 585, which would revise the property tax exemption for religious organizations. Representative John Janigian, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to help small churches and other religious groups that own parsonages or worship buildings but no longer have a resident pastor, allowing them to rent space or use property for church purposes without losing the exemption so long as the money is used for church operations, maintenance, or outreach. He described his Salem church’s parsonage being taxed after it was no longer occupied by a pastor, and said the bill would prevent similar burdens on small congregations. Former Representative Betty Gay testified in support, describing prior assessor actions in Salem that taxed church land and buildings very aggressively, while a Municipal Association representative testified in opposition. Committee members raised questions about how terms such as “regularly recognized and constituted denomination” would be defined, whether the bill could be applied consistently to larger denominations with multiple parishes, and whether legislative research should review past treatment of similar cases.

Transcript Highlights:

• so for some of the federal funding freezes, if it continues on and the state is no longer able to access
• that fun is there sort of a date access that fun is there sort of a date or<00:38:30.079> a<00
• Today, the mission of the PUC is to improve the lives of all Minnesotans by ensuring access to safe,
• <01:26:50.880> and tasks with Public Access and tasks with Public Access and accountability
• to the expertise to do that have access to the expertise to do that I<01:37:37.119> think<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , what can't be accessed.
• , what can't be accessed.
• That's retaliation protection, private meetings with foster youth, and records access.
• It normalizes awareness and ensures that all families have access to the same information.
• So, uh when able to access this footage.

Bills: HF4277, HF3819, HF3489, HF4408, HF3901, HF4316

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, contact has been established for access to the leads online database, which is an important part
• to the leads online database access to the leads online database which<01:11:16.159> is<01:11
• >> Coming up on a year. >> How long ago did you all finally get your web page up to accept these
• <01:43:16.560> to the fairgrounds they use for access to the fairgrounds they use for access
• Jefferson Street is the location that'll provide most of the access to downtown, to the hospitals near

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• reported four types of vascular access reported four types of vascular access site<00:27:18.520>
• We'd like to make them more accessible online for everyone to access.
• making these data much more accessible making these data much more accessible and<00:30:33.880><
• online for for everyone to accessible online for for everyone to access<00:30:42.200> we<00:30
• There's a web-based version of it with live data dashboards.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled organizational business, electing Representative Mark Pearson as chair for the coming term, appointing Representative Lucy Weber as clerk, and approving the November 22 minutes with abstentions from members who were absent. Members also noted excused absences for Senator Avard and Representative Jessica Lontine. After the vote, the committee moved to the DHHS commissioners’ update. DHHS associate commissioners Patricia Tilly and Chris Santinello described a process-improvement effort to improve transitions for youth moving from DCF care into adult developmental services and Medicaid. They said the old process was fragmented, dependent on personal relationships, and not sustainable, so staff from DCF, the Bureau of Family Assistance, Developmental Services, and public health used a Kaizen/Lean event to map the workflow, identify bottlenecks, clarify roles, and create a more consistent playbook. Members asked about IT support and whether the process would create new bureaucracy; DHHS said current systems are antiquated, especially DCF’s CWIS, but the goal is to streamline coordination, not add bureaucracy, and future systems like Granite Families may help with reminders and age-based ticklers. Several members praised the work, including a CASA volunteer who said the added attention has improved services for vulnerable youth. The committee then received the annual healthcare-associated infections update from Ctin Hansen of the Division of Public Health Services. Hansen reported that New Hampshire’s HAI program, created by statute, tracks infections in hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis centers, and long-term care facilities. For 2023, hospitals reported fewer infections than predicted nationally, with 135 infections statewide and 174 C. diff infections also below national rates; hospital influenza vaccination was 89.9%. Ambulatory surgery centers reported low infection counts and an 80.1% staff flu vaccination rate; dialysis centers reported fewer infections overall than the prior year but higher local access-site infections, with staff vaccination at 52.6%; and long-term care facilities reported a 50.1% flu vaccination rate, up from 37.8%. Hansen also said the program conducted over 100 investigations, handled 84 antibiotic-resistant organism reports, completed 20 infection-prevention assessments, and operated on a budget of about $348,000 plus grant funding, including an Epidemiology Laboratory Capacity Grant that was later reduced.

Transcript Highlights:

• That drove 621,000 web sessions.
• access to opportunity. access to opportunity.
• Thank you. do not have access to equal workforce do not have access to equal workforce opportunities<
• > youth this information accessible, youth this information accessible, youth engagement<01:20:34.960
• When you but it's limited by access.

Bills: HF3004, HF3663

Keywords: workforce development, youth employment, internships, mentoring, job opportunities, digital platform, online portal, career pathways, youth workforce, employment and economic development, DEED, general fund appropriation, nonprofit grant, social media outreach, digital outreach, workforce opportunities, teen jobs, young adults, career exploration, Minnesota youth

Transcript Highlights:

• We've got a web page set up.
• Folks maybe didn't access that timely.
• Um folks maybe didn't<00:48:41.599> access<00:48:42.000> that<00:48:42.400> timely.
• <00:48:43.280> So<00:48:43.520> whatever didn't access that timely.
• So whatever didn't access that timely.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We all know that access to health care does include EMS services.
• timely hopefully this will ensure timely credentialing<01:22:40.719> improving<01:22:41.520> access
• <01:22:41.800> to<01:22:41.960> mental credentialing improving access to mental credentialing
• improving access to mental health<01:22:42.560> care<01:22:42.960> and<01:22:43.159>
• was a, uh, one of the rare moments where the Republicans and Democrats came together, and there’s a web

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 167, a PFAS-related measure expanding the state’s restrictions to include ski wax and related fluorocarbons. The sponsor said the bill was a follow-up to last year’s PFAS law and largely targeted products already off the market, describing it as a reaffirmation of the state’s intent to keep PFAS out of water. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the bill ought to pass and then placed it on the consent calendar. Next, the committee considered House Bill 275 on health career credentialing requirements. The discussion centered on a proposal that would have required insurance companies to pay for training mandated by federal requirements. Members concluded that approach was not appropriate and voted unanimously to make the bill inexpedient to legislate, then placed it on the consent calendar. House Bill 276, dealing with on-premise beverage license requirements, was then reconsidered after an initial ITL vote. The committee adopted an amendment creating a tavern license for establishments limited to patrons over 21, with a higher fee and no food requirement, and then voted 15-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended; it was also placed on the consent calendar. The committee then took up House Bill 310, which would establish a commission to study a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenization of real-world assets. The sponsor said the amendment added blockchain-based trusts and discussion of privacy and environmental concerns. The committee approved the amendment 16-0 and then voted 16-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended, placing it on the consent calendar. House Bill 312, concerning intercollegiate student athletes’ right to earn compensation from name, image, and likeness, was retained because members said the issue was not ready and the NCAA had not resolved how to handle it. Finally, the committee began discussion of House Bill 316 on ground ambulance reimbursement, with an amendment that would replace the bill’s reimbursement provisions with a study commission; members debated how it related to another bill, HB 725, and whether the amendment would delay immediate relief for ambulance providers.

Transcript Highlights:

• year's approximately 34% of this year's submission<00:48:15.599> provides<00:48:16.000> access
• <00:48:16.319> to submission provides access to submission provides access to significant<
• <01:44:32.800> to<01:44:33.440> um<01:44:34.000> meeting concerns about access
• to um meeting concerns about access to um meeting minutes<01:44:34.719> and<01:44:34.960>
• to the minutes, we are utilizing our Gemini AI product that we have, that we're also using for our web

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the state funds um opportunity to access the state funds um so<01:06:36.039> I<01:06:36.160><
• The lack of affordable, accessible housing leaves them at risk of homelessness.
• <01:14:19.280> to regardless of ability have access to regardless of ability have access to
• <01:22:54.520> access<01:22:54.760> to of their abilities have access access to of
• their abilities have access access to safe<01:22:55.120> and<01:22:55.280> affordable<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They’re accessible to them.
• They’re accessible to them.
• I would like to see safety and access to a safe product and environment, safety and access due to economic
• It is all about access.
• This is off of his web page, by the way.

Bills: SB 3, HB28, SB3

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, hemp regulation, consumable products