Transcript Highlights:

• Consent, consent, consent. So Senator Bsil moved consent. Senator Aard seconded.
• Consent. Senator Avard moves consent.
• I'll second that. opposed uh consent uh Senator aard moves opposed uh consent uh Senator aard moves consent
• I'd be happy to. oppose consent motion to consent second oppose consent motion to consent second Senator
• What a consent? Oh, you can't do consent? Oh, three-two? Yeah, or no, I don't want consent.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Also, second reading of bills on the consent calendar.
• House Bill 43, on the consent calendar.
• </c> the regular calendar and the consent the regular calendar and the consent calendar<00:09:34.320>
• </c> consent calendar. consent calendar.
• Madame the consent orders as amended.

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She talked about, you know, consent to send the folks on a field trip.
• She talked about, you know, consent to send the folks on a field trip.
• She talked about, you know, consent to send the folks on a field trip.
• </c> this this higher informed consent this this higher informed consent standard<00:28:34.159><c> would
• And how consent is or is not obtained from a parent for a prescription now? Yep.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> advise and consent. Chair votes aye. advise and consent. Chair votes aye.
• Chair's recommendation is to advise and consent. Chair's recommendation is to advise and consent.
• Any further advise and consent. Any further discussion?
• </c><00:40:05.640><c> Anyone</c> Chair is to advise and consent.
• Anyone Chair is to advise and consent.

Committee: Senate Labor and Technology

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several gubernatorial nominations to the Hawaii Workforce Development Council and one nomination to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board. For GM 779, Mark Fong Su Wat said he would bring his experience as an electrician and labor community member to workforce development, and he committed to serving if confirmed. Testimony was unanimously supportive, with 10 in support and none opposed, and the committee voted to recommend advise and consent; the recommendation was adopted. For GM 792, Sheryl Cross sought a second term on the Workforce Development Council and described her work on employer engagement, military veteran affairs, and military spouse employment. In response to questions, she emphasized the need to better connect military spouses, underrepresented workers, and students pursuing trades or non-college pathways to jobs, including through school academies and online hiring initiatives. The item was held for later decision-making. For GM 793, Ashley Lohua, also nominated to the Workforce Development Council, said her focus would be helping people stay in Hawaii by improving job retention, listening to community concerns, and building pathways between sectors. Support testimony highlighted her work with marginalized communities and her empathy and leadership. She told the committee she would use her nonprofit and HR experience to help address vacancies and workforce barriers; the item was also held for later decision-making. For GM 774, Douglas Thomas Moore, nominated to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board, said his first priority would be reducing the backlog. He proposed using informal conferences and mediation to speed workers’ compensation appeals and suggested recruiting more practitioners, especially younger ones, into the field. The committee noted 11 supportive testimonies and no opposition; no vote was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Unanimous consent, we go out our business announcements and miscellaneous.
• Unanimous consent to allow cameras on the Senate floor and in the Senate gallery.
• Madam President, unanimous consent to read the certificate into the record.
• I ask unanimous consent of the Senate that the rules be suspended.
• Unanimous consent, we go out of our business committee reports.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Put it on consent. >> Consent. >> Consent. No objection. Consent.
• We look forward to that. >> Put it on consent. >> Consent. >> Consent. No objection.
• &gt;&gt; Consent.<03:45:44.000><c> Yep.</c> &gt;&gt; Consent. Yep. &gt;&gt; Consent. Yep.
• &gt;&gt; 16.<04:01:20.880><c> Consent.</c> &gt;&gt; 16. Consent. &gt;&gt; 16. Consent.
• Does the one have any problem with consent? consent? consent? &gt;&gt; No. &gt;&gt; No.

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> are not able to provide informed consent are not able to provide informed consent as<00:26:34.200
• There was no objection to consent, so the bill will go on the consent calendar.
• Okay, is there any objection to consent?
• </c> Okay, we'll put that on consent.
• ><c> yeah</c> decides that can't go on consent yeah decides that can't go on consent yeah they'll<02:

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have 13, well, sorry, 12 bills on the committee's agenda, two on consent.
• Secretary, please call the roll on the consent calendar.
• Let's now go to the consent calendar. All right. Let's now go to the consent calendar.
• Consent calendar. Consent. Oh, Achoabogue, aye. Errigine, aye. Aragine, aye. Cabiero.
• So items 9 and 11 are on the consent calendar.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent for Senate Bill 2660 by Perry relating to the Hayes Trinity Groundwater
• President, I ask unanimous consent for Senate Bill 1540 relating to Mandating the confidentiality of

Bills: SCR22 , SB53 , SB204 , SB266 , SB268 , SB291 , SB292 , SB296 , SB304 , SB305 , SB413 , SB447 , SB455 , SB462 , SB493 , SB504 , SB519 , SB522 , SB532 , SB541 , SB667 , SB670 , SB673 , SB681 , SB687 , SB711 , SB746 , SB765 , SB783 , SB827 , SB850 , SB860 , SB888 , SB897 , SB901 , SB927 , SB955 , SB963 , SB984 , SB989 , SB993 , SB996 , SB1023 , SB1033 , SB1058 , SB1062 , SB1101 , SB1119 , SB1172 , SB1173 , SB1215 , SB1220 , SB1227 , SB1228 , SB1229 , SB1238 , SB1239 , SB1245 , SB1248 , SB1254 , SB1259 , SB1273 , SB1277 , SB1302 , SB1332 , SB1341 , SB1346 , SB1350 , SB1352 , SB1353 , SB1355 , SB1358 , SB1370 , SB1371 , SB1378 , SB1403 , SB1404 , SB1415 , SB1437 , SB1448 , SB1450 , SB1464 , SB1493 , SB1494 , SB1537 , SB1566 , SB1569 , SB1589 , SB1598 , SB1644 , SB1709 , SB1719 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1810 , SB1841 , SB1895 , SB1930 , SB2039 , SB2289 , SB2312 , SCR1 , SCR6 , SCR27 , SCR32 , SB2232

Keywords: SCR 22, Senate Concurrent Resolution 22, official state gun, state symbol, cannon, artillery, Texas Revolution, Battle of Gonzales, Come and Take It, Alamo, San Jacinto, Twin Sisters, Sam Houston, Angelina Eberly, Texas history, historic weapon, commemorative resolution, state emblem, Texas heritage, Gonzales Memorial Museum

Transcript Highlights:

• Consent calendar, any objection to consent calendar from any house members?
• </c> none, consent calendar and we're done. none, consent calendar and we're done.
• Any objection to consent calendar?
• Any objection to consent calendar?
• </c> consent calendar. All set, all done. consent calendar. All set, all done.

Keywords: 9:00am HB 158 9:10am HB 281 9:20am HB 317 9:30am HB 340 9:40am HB 1062 9:50am HB 1187 10:00am HB 1234 10:10am HB 1300 10:20am HB 1306 10:30am HB 1381 10:40am HB 1541, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference first resolved House Bill 158, which concerns public inspection of absentee ballot lists. The Senate explained a revised approach that removed the broader bill language and instead directed the Secretary of State to review absentee ballot data after each general election for patterns such as common addresses and to report findings to the committees of jurisdiction. The House agreed to the Senate position, and the conference committee voted unanimously to concur. The committee then took up House Bill 281, dealing with a sortable electronic voter checklist. Members debated the Senate’s removal of language that would have included the absentee ballot mailing address when different from the voter’s registration address. Concerns were raised that releasing mailing addresses could expose where voters are not home and could affect overseas and military voters. The committee also discussed a related form for election officials who personally know a voter, including how long the form would be retained and whether it would be subject to public records law. After further discussion, the House agreed to the Senate changes with an additional requirement that the form be signed, and the committee voted to proceed with the amended Senate position. House Bill 317, concerning verification of a person’s identity by a supervisor of the checklist without identification, was also discussed at length. The Senate’s version preserved the ability for election officials to identify people they know, but required a signed form under penalty of perjury and added a nursing home-related provision. Members described the measure as balancing community-based identification with tighter documentation, and a House witness described local problems with inconsistent ID checks and concerns about voting in nursing homes. The House sought one additional change requiring the nursing home verification form to be signed, and the Senate accepted that addition; the committee then voted to move the bill forward on the consent calendar. The conference committee next considered House Bill 340 on electioneering by public employees. The chair presented a replace-all amendment that tied the definition of electioneering to existing law, added a prohibition on expressly or primarily political surveys, and created a civil penalty of up to $1,000 alongside the misdemeanor penalty. Members discussed clarifying when the misdemeanor versus civil penalty would apply and which categories of public employees were covered. After caucus, the Senate agreed to the House’s replace-all approach with the clarifying changes, and the bill was closed. The committee also resolved House Bill 1062 by agreeing to strike a sunset clause from the Senate version authorizing random audits of citizenship qualifications, and it began discussion of House Bill 1187 on the filing window for special-election candidates, where the House proposed requiring local election officials to arrange a filing time on the same day or next business day after being contacted.

Transcript Highlights:

• Hearing none, this consent calendar.
• </c> bill will be placed on the consent bill will be placed on the consent calendar.<00:23:21.919><c>
• </c> can be placed on the consent calendar. can be placed on the consent calendar.
• </c> to this bill being placed on the consent to this bill being placed on the consent calendar?
• </c> bill we place in the consent calendar. bill we place in the consent calendar.

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first held a public hearing on CACR 30, a constitutional amendment that would make Public Utilities Commission members elected rather than appointed. Representative Thomas Opel testified in support, arguing that rising energy costs and the utility rate-setting structure make the PUC too insulated from ratepayers, and that elected commissioners would be more accountable. He also said the proposal should ideally include a ban on contributions from regulated utilities to PUC campaigns, and acknowledged the draft had errors and needed work. Representative Lane questioned whether a contribution ban would be constitutional, and Opel said there may be ways to structure one to survive legal challenge. The hearing closed with five online supporters and two opponents reported, and no one else testified. The committee then went into executive session on House Bill 1062, authorizing the Secretary of State to conduct random audits of voters’ citizenship qualifications. Representative Newsome offered an amendment to clarify how voters with no evidence either way would be treated and to require a public report on audit results, including referrals, costs, and databases used. Representative Aqua opposed the amendment, saying the bill should pass as written. The amendment failed 9-7, and after further debate over privacy and the purpose of audits, the committee voted 9-7 to recommend ought to pass on HB 1062. Representative Barry was assigned the majority report and Representative Newsome the minority report. The committee next considered House Bill 1388, which would clarify the form of ballots for constitutional amendments. Representative Weary said the bill simply provides clarity for voters and imposes no hardship on the Secretary of State’s office. The committee unanimously voted 17-0 to recommend ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee opened a public hearing on House Bill 1125, enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Representative Weary said partisan labels would help voters understand candidate positions and address low turnout in local elections. He emphasized the bill is enabling, not mandatory. Members questioned why the change was needed if few municipalities have used existing authority, and whether it would increase divisiveness. Weary said many voters are unaware of the option and that partisan labels would give them more information. The hearing closed with five online supporters and 184 opponents. The committee then began executive session on House Bill 1187, concerning the filing deadline for special-election candidates for state representative, but discussion was still ongoing in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• We hold our consent. That's what we'll call. We don't like it.
• Consent calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors.
• Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.
• On the consent calendar, does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the fifth order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate... Mr. President. Senator Den Hartog. Mr.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the eighth order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 11th order of business.
• President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate advance to the 15th order of business.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the prior day’s journal as corrected. Leadership announced that gubernatorial appointments would be taken up Monday and that only one bill would be considered in the 13th order that day. In the fifth order, Senate Resolution 113 was introduced by the State Affairs Committee; it condemns political violence and honors victims, and was referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. Committee reports and bill introductions followed. The Judiciary and Rules Committee reported several measures correctly printed and referred them to the appropriate committees, and the Commerce and Human Resources Committee reported Senate Bill 1221 do pass. In first reading, the Senate received Senate Bills 1244 through 1247, covering regional library systems, education funding and related school policy, law enforcement officers and facial coverings, and E-Verify requirements for employers; these were referred to Judiciary and Rules for printing. Second-reading bills 1227, 1226, and 1225 as amended were advanced to third reading. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 1222, which revises domestic well provisions and clarifies the definition of “subdivision” for purposes of the domestic well exemption. Senator Anthony said the bill was intended to correct how last year’s changes were being applied, especially to already-developed subdivisions, and to make the law apply prospectively. After brief debate, the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 29 in favor with six absent, and was transmitted to the House. During miscellaneous business, senators introduced guests and announced a 10:30 farewell ceremony for the Liberty Bell on the Capitol steps, including a final ceremonial ringing before refurbishment. The Senate also adjourned by motion until 11 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• This amendment be brought when care is provided with the consent of the mother.
• So if I was getting abused, I would not consent to the lawsuit.
• So we see y'all said no to the consent form part.
• We filed an amendment to have the mother consent to the lawsuit.
• These are lawsuits from a party that the mother does not consent to.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Burns asked unanimous consent to strike the title without objection.
• Additionally, Senator Yek asked unanimous consent to strike the title.
• Senator Kurt asking you to have consent that we strike title today.
• Senator Woods asking us consent to strike title. Senate bill 175.
• Senator Reinhardt asked unanimous consent to strike the title.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1332 , SB1369 , SB1379 , SB1381 , SB1386 , SB1390 , SB1428 , SB1584 , SB1696 , SB175 , SB1778 , SB1794 , SB1806 , SB1836 , SB201

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, housing, infrastructure, water projects, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, economic development, zero-interest loans, clawback provision, local contractors, mental health, crisis services, 988 Lifeline, suicide prevention, behavioral health, human trafficking

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a long series of Senate bills covering criminal justice, courts, education, health, water infrastructure, economic development, and social services. Early measures included SB 1584, which shortens the timeline for submitting sexual assault evidence kits for forensic testing, and SB 1386, a courtroom transparency bill creating a pilot program for audio/video recording in certain courtrooms; SB 1386 drew the most extended debate, with concerns raised about privacy, selective editing, political use of footage, and impacts on victims, witnesses, jurors, and attorneys. The author said the bill was intended to improve the accuracy and context of the record, not to add live streaming or AI transcripts, and both bills advanced. Several education and justice-related bills also moved forward. SB 1381 would require arrested persons to be brought before a judge within 48 to 72 hours and establishes a pilot in Oklahoma County; SB 201 raises each step of the minimum teacher salary schedule by $2,500; and SB 1778 revises the Strong Readers Act by directing a single state-paid screening instrument, adding early intervention and transitional/pull-out reading support, and phasing in changes beginning in 2027. SB 1836, requiring a board-approved mental health screener in routine primary care visits, passed after debate over its costs and implementation. SB 1806, allowing some young adults to remain in or re-enter DHS care until age 21, and SB 1428, creating an Alzheimer’s and dementia coordination office at the Health Department with private funding, also advanced. The committee approved multiple public health and human services funding and coordination measures, including SB 1369 creating a revolving fund for the 988 crisis line, SB 1290 creating a 2-1-1 hotline revolving fund, SB 1794 establishing a statewide real-time behavioral health bed/capacity registry, and SB 1379 creating a two-year private grant program for certified human trafficking service providers. Members questioned fiscal impacts, administrative overhead, and service continuity, but the bills moved on. Other bills passed included SB 1696 to fund local recruitment incentives for new residents in rural and mid-sized communities, SB 1332 creating zero-interest water infrastructure loans for housing-related projects, SB 175 creating a reimbursement fund for abandoned uninsured commercial vehicles, and SB 1390 extending the gross production tax sunset to July 1, 2032.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, we are now moving on to the second day consent calendar.
• Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Seeing and hearing none, Consent calendar file items 15 through 16.
• Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Consent calendar is adopted.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and pledge that reflected on Japanese American incarceration during World War II and recent storm-related losses in California. The chamber then handled routine procedural matters, guest introductions, and several consent and file items before moving to floor debate on a series of resolutions and budget measures. The main policy item was HR 82, declaring February 19, 2026, a day of remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Members from both parties and several caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the injustice of Executive Order 9066, the importance of remembering civil liberties failures, and the need to guard against similar abuses today. The resolution drew some criticism of its rhetoric toward federal law enforcement, but after debate the Assembly added 72 coauthors and adopted HR 82 by voice vote. The chamber also adopted ACR 128, a resolution recognizing solidarity with Ukraine, and later passed ACA 7, a constitutional amendment related to government preferences, after a partisan debate over whether it would restore or prohibit discrimination. The Assembly also took up two budget-related concurrence items. AB 107, described as technical and conforming changes to the 2025 Budget Act and adjustments related to Proposition 4 projects, passed concurrence 59-3 and was sent immediately to the Governor. AB 117 authorized the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to borrow up to $590 million from already awarded transit capital funds to support operating costs for BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain; supporters called it a bridge loan to stabilize transit, while opponents called it a bailout lacking accountability. The measure passed concurrence 52-16 and was also transmitted to the Governor. The session ended with adjournments in memory of former Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, with members praising his leadership in city government, energy policy, and clean energy development. The Speaker then announced the bill introduction deadline and the next floor session date before adjourning the Assembly until Monday, February 23, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Clerk will read the resolutions on the consent calendar.
• The consent items, this is for co-authors, all those vote who desire to vote.
• Moving to a vote on the consent calendar, does any member wish to remove an item from the consent?
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.
• Ayes 63, noes 0, consent calendar is adopted.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, members, as passed the House, HB 2133, sexual material consent synthetic depiction, expanded the
• The Senate amended the bill as follows: first, it specifies the commercial entities are subject to consent
• entities that publish or distribute sexual materials online including requirements to verify age and consent
• the Senate amended the bill as follows first as specifies the commercial entities are subject to consent
• The Senate also accepted exempted commercial entities from requiring related consent verification if

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House Democratic Caucus met on Minority Caucus Calendar items and reviewed several Senate-amended House bills. HB 2003 would lower the learner’s permit age from 15½ to 15 and increase supervised driving time; the Senate added a delayed effective date of December 1, 2026, and the sponsor was said to have refused the amendment after previously concurring. HB 2693 would allow chambers of commerce to set up insurance purchasing pools for small businesses, and the Senate added a third-party-funded feasibility study by ADOA on what it would cost for state health insurance to enter the marketplace; members raised concerns that the study could be used to undermine the state self-insured plan, but no action was taken. HB 2133, dealing with synthetic sexual depictions and online sexual material verification, had multiple Senate changes that removed the synthetic-depiction expansion, added parody/artistic-expression exceptions, altered verification and record-retention rules, and removed AG inspection authority; the sponsor was expected to refuse the changes, and members were directed to stakeholder emails outlining concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, members, as passed the House, HB 2133, sexual material consent synthetic depiction, expanded the
• The Senate amended the bill as follows: first, it specifies the commercial entities are subject to consent
• entities that publish or distribute sexual materials online including requirements to verify age and consent
• the Senate amended the bill as follows first as specifies the commercial entities are subject to consent
• The Senate also accepted exempted commercial entities from requiring consent verification if it is clear

Summary: The House Democratic Caucus reviewed several Senate-amended bills on the Minority Caucus Calendar. HB 2003, which lowers the learner’s permit age and increases supervised driving time, had a Senate delayed effective date added; members were told the sponsor had previously concurred but now intends to refuse. HB 2693, allowing chamber-of-commerce insurance purchasing pools and adding a third-party-paid feasibility study on state health insurance entering the marketplace, drew questions about possible impacts on the state employee health plan and whether the study could be used to undermine the current self-insured system. HB 2133, dealing with sexual material consent and synthetic depictions, generated the most discussion. The Senate removed the synthetic-depiction language from the revenge porn statute, added parody/comedy/artistic-expression exceptions, narrowed and expanded various verification provisions for commercial entities, removed limits on retaining identifying information, and eliminated AG inspection authority; members were told the sponsor intends to refuse the changes and that stakeholder concerns were outlined in emailed comments from the ASEO of Arizona and the Motion Picture Association. HB 2013, requiring ADEQ to submit exceptional-event demonstrations to EPA for certain wildfire impacts, had a Senate amendment limiting it to wildfires over 25,000 acres and tied to smoke or land damage; the sponsor was expected to concur, though stakeholders’ concerns remained unresolved. HB 2226, which requires courts to ask about veteran status at initial appearance and provide information about veterans’ services, was amended by the Senate to have the court rather than the prosecutor provide the information; members said the sponsor likely would concur. HB 2032, adjusting statewide assessment testing windows and related deadlines, was amended to extend the testing window to six consecutive school weeks and move the start of testing for grades 3-8 to the second week of April; the sponsor concurred, and members noted that organizations previously opposed had shifted to support. The caucus then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We now have three bills which are on proposed consent.
• Motion is to adopt the consent calendar. Please call the roll.
• The consent calendar is adopted.
• We now have three bills which are on proposed for consent.
• The consent calendar is adopted. And now we return to file item three.

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 987, senate, all