Transcript Highlights:

• We were born out of policy guided by a perspective of regulations from day one.
• are reactionary and created regulations are reactionary and created after<00:13:32.240><c> the</c><00
• </c><00:13:43.120><c> from</c><00:13:43.360><c> day</c> by a perspective of regulations from day by a
• We've really seen this program be a game-changer in terms of access, enabling renters, enabling folks
• We've really seen this program be a game-changer in terms of access, enabling renters, enabling folks

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• We work on both game birds and non-game birds.
• Two of those manage about 35 game species, and just one other manages all of the non-game bird species
• For instance, game.
• and non-fishing game species of wildlife?
• species and non-game species.

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• After sitting tied 1-1 for the first half of the game, the boys broke through in the bottom of the fifth
• They put the game away in the sixth, scoring two more runs.
• The amendment directs the Fish and Boat Commission and the Game Commission, working with the Pennsylvania
• dollar and have no negative effect on federal funding for either the Fish and Boat Commission or the Game
• may lose precious time at home with their family because Pennsylvania will not provide a legal, regulated

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, committee reports, and approval of the prior journal. Members also granted several leaves of absence and welcomed a number of guests, including Ireland’s Consul General and Deputy Consul General, student shadows, an intern, and the Neshaminy High School baseball team, which was recognized for winning the 2026 PIAA Class 6A state championship. The chamber then recessed briefly for an Education Committee meeting and party caucuses before returning to session. On the floor, the Senate advanced several measures. Senate Bill 362, addressing SNAP skimming, passed 49-0 after remarks about protecting food assistance benefits from theft. Senate Bill 469, providing discounted fishing and hunting licenses for current and retired law enforcement, also passed 49-0 after an amendment was withdrawn. Senate Bill 730, codifying Pennsylvania POLST forms for end-of-life medical orders, saw a tabled amendment from Senator Boscola on physician-assisted dying after a 28-21 vote, then passed 49-0. The Senate also adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 1206 clarifying a temporary license pending FDA approval, and sent House Bill 1344 and Senate Bill 1377 to the House after unanimous final passage. Other bills were moved to appropriations or held in order, including Senate Bill 49, House Bill 96, Senate Bill 535, Senate Bill 536, House Bill 538, Senate Bill 743, Senate Bill 1262, Senate Bill 1273, House Bill 1286, and Senate Bill 1372. House Bill 1862 and House Bill 2017 each received amendments and were re-referred to the Appropriations Committee. The Senate also agreed to consider newly reported committee bills, including measures from Finance, Judiciary, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, and Education. In petitions and remonstrances, Senators Tartaglione and Costa focused on minimum wage and utility affordability, urging action on consumer protections, LIHEAP funding, data center energy costs, and related energy policy. The session concluded with the signing of House Bill 1877 in the presence of the Senate and a recess until June 24, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., unless recalled earlier.

Transcript Highlights:

• They can talk a lot of good game about affordability except for when President Trump says it's a hoax
• They can talk a lot a good game<00:12:39.160><c> about</c><00:12:39.400><c> affordability</c> game about
• affordability game about affordability except<00:12:41.400><c> for</c><00:12:41.520><c> when</c><00:
• And House DFLers can step in and regulate some of this technology before it is too late.
• And we know this because they're not telling citizens, they're not telling regulators, they are telling

Summary: House DFL leaders held a press event outlining an affordability agenda focused on housing, child care, health care, groceries, energy, and taxes. Speakers argued that Minnesota families are being squeezed by rising costs and income inequality, and said the caucus would pursue policies aimed at lowering everyday expenses and shifting more costs onto corporations and wealthy residents. Representative Bierman said health care costs are pushing people to skip care and called for system reforms, including moving toward a more universal model and reducing the role of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. Representative Kotiza-Wazhushk said the caucus is pushing for universal or low-cost child care, expanded pre-K and community-based care, and a bill to stop grocery surveillance price gouging. Representative Acomb and other energy leaders said the House DFL wants to lower utility bills through more energy assistance, weatherization, renewable energy support, limits on utility cost recovery for lobbying and executive pay, and stronger PUC authority to prevent shutoffs and limit rate increases. Representative Agbaje described housing as unaffordable for many renters and homeowners, cited a shortage of housing units, and said the caucus supports restricting private equity and corporate purchases of single-family homes. Leader Stevenson framed the agenda as a response to a budget picture that he said reflects gains for corporations and wealthy Minnesotans, and he criticized federal tax policy and Medicaid cuts. In response to questions about cost, he said several proposals would not require state spending, while others could be funded by looking at new revenue and at those who benefited most from recent tax changes. The event also included a detailed explanation of the grocery surveillance pricing proposal, which would restrict the use of personal data and AI to set individualized prices and limit rapid electronic shelf price changes. No votes were taken.

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• Next, we're going to take up tab 16, SB 7006, on OGSR, the Florida Public Service Commission, by Regulated
• Next, we're going to take up tab 17, SB 7008 on OGSR Florida Gaming Control Commission by RIG Industries
• Next, we're going to take up tab 17, SB 7008 on OGSR Florida Gaming Control Commission by RIG Industries
• GSR Florida Gaming Control Commission by RIG Industries.
• public records exemptions from repeal for records and portions of a meeting conducted by the Florida Gaming

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements and allow challenges by qualified candidates or political parties. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and impose a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer; the sponsor and local law enforcement supporters emphasized the Raynor case, while criminal defense lawyers objected to deleting existing force-limit language and to the mandatory life penalty. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills extending or preserving public records exemptions, including CS/SB 7014 on social media platform investigations, SB 7016 on small business loan program records, CS/SB 7012 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations, CS/SB 7000 on emergency shelter recipient information, CS/SB 7002 on Department of Military Affairs records, SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit reinvestigation materials, SB 7006 on Florida Public Service Commission records and meetings, and SB 7008 on Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. Other measures reported favorably included SB 624 allowing optional faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs, HB 167 protecting former phosphate mining lands from certain strict-liability claims, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units and housing supply, SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, CS/SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure, SB 292 creating a records exemption for appellate court clerks and families, CS/SB 296 expanding domestic violence safety tools and address confidentiality protections, CS/SB 298 as the public-records companion, SB 386 on farm equipment lemon-law style protections, and SB 168 expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local governments, advocacy groups, industry groups, and affected families, with some opposition on SB 156 and SB 290. For CS/SB 48, the committee adopted two amendments before reporting the bill favorably. SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was temporarily postponed after the chair allowed public testimony but no final action was taken. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• Madam Chair is a game-changer for Texas education. supporting our teachers, empowering our students and
• or disaster response was adopted under item number 11 adding a new Writer and validated federal regulations
• to govern the same thing item number one increases or was it an option of 38.5 million to provide game
• Item number two, add a writer, game warden. 50-hour work week was adopted, which is basically the same
• On the 50-hour week for game wardens, will they get paid 40 hours at regular time and 10 hours overtime

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Chatbot regulation is primarily state driven through laws regulating user safety, minor protections,
• There's more regulation on a high school ham sandwich than there is on these child typos.
• There's no regulation, there's no pre-deployment testing required by the government.
• And you can imagine watching your favorite sports game.
• You can imagine playing a video game, scrolling on your phone. Very simple.

Committee: Joint Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• And now just with this federal decision, we can’t be playing these games in Minnesota anymore with this
• remarks, we always used to be able to count on the federal government and federal EPA, federal regulations
• ><00:28:32.200><c> be</c><00:28:32.360><c> playing</c><00:28:32.679><c> these</c><00:28:32.880><c> games
• </c><00:28:33.240><c> in</c> we can't be playing these games in we can't be playing these games in Minnesota
• , officials to come in and regulations, officials to come in and kind<00:28:44.640><c> of</c><00:28:44.720

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• As far as regulations around pet food, they're somewhat voluntary at this point.
• around uh pet food they're regulations around uh pet food they're they're<00:15:42.199><c> somewhat<
• Maybe it's more of a commerce or a department of pet food regulations, so that might be something we
• </c> of Interstate Commerce and regulation of Interstate Commerce and regulation but<00:18:41.080><c>
• Now we're in a whole new game.

Bills: HF601 , HF271 , HF1101 , HF979

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• It's regulated by the Peace Development Authority's Division of Ports and Harbors.
• They're also used by other state agencies, fire, local police, New Hampshire Fish and Game, and other
• So it's a game changer.
• We have to re-up our game there.
• Abandoned tanks are regulated by state law pretty specifically, that they are to be either removed or

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• And we do have a big game tomorrow. Yes, we do have a big game tomorrow.
• And the baseball game wasn’t so good this time. The one before was better. Yeah, yeah.
• Federal, state, or BOG regulation, to make sure that we’re in complete compliance with those.
• Many of those actions will be based on law and policy and regulation, but also many of them are based
• , basketball games, internationally and both nationally throughout the United States.

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The committee first heard a confirmation from UCF trustee reappointee Mr. Christie, who described his background in medical devices and prior board service and said he wanted to help UCF strengthen its financial foundation, workforce alignment, and engineering and technology pipeline. Members asked about UCF’s direction, and he emphasized the university’s role in producing engineers and supporting Florida’s space and technology sectors. The committee then moved to the higher education budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which was presented as an $11.5 billion total budget including local funds and focused heavily on workforce education, nursing, agriculture technology, tutoring, student aid, and university initiatives. Chair Harrell highlighted increases for school district workforce education, Florida College System operations, career and technical education grants, the GATE program, nursing education through USF’s Florida Center for Nursing, UF/IFAS rural and agricultural programs, UCF’s Community School Grant Program, UF’s literacy and tutoring initiatives, autism and neurodevelopment services, full funding for major scholarship programs, and $250 million for state universities through the Board of Governors. Senator Davis asked about line grant flexibility, and Harrell said a conforming bill would address the details. The budget proposal was adopted as a recommendation to the full Appropriations Committee, with staff authorized to make technical corrections. The committee then took up a series of confirmations, beginning with Florida State University reappointee Peter Collins, who emphasized his long FSU ties, leadership on the board, and goal of keeping FSU on a path toward top-10 status and AAU membership. Rebecca Matthews, a new University of West Florida appointee, discussed her education-related volunteer work, Florida Education Foundation service, and interest in supporting UWF’s continued excellence; senators questioned her on Title IX and she said she would support student protections and compliance. Rachel Moyah, another UWF appointee, highlighted her education, school board experience, and priorities of student safety, fiscal discipline, and workforce readiness; she also said she would comply with Title IX and other applicable rules. Ashley Ross, also nominated to UWF, said she would focus on university advancement, military ties, cybersecurity, civil engineering, and strong governance, and agreed that Title IX protections should be preserved and advanced. The most extensive questioning came during the confirmation of Adam Kessel, a UWF appointee and Heritage Foundation fellow, who was asked about prior writings on privatizing public universities, his comments about the GI Bill, and his views on free speech and Project 2025. Kessel said he did not recommend privatizing Florida universities, clarified that his comments about the GI Bill and over-enrollment were about broader higher education policy, and said he supports veterans and the GI Bill. He described his higher education work as focused on civic education, accreditation, student success, tenure, and free speech, and said trustees should improve campus culture through policies, training, and institutional neutrality. Public testimony on UWF was sharply divided: former UWF leaders and community members warned that the new slate of trustees and their vote to make Scott Yenor chair had chilled donations, enrollment, and community trust, while a James Madison Institute representative praised Kessel’s scholarship and thoughtful approach. The committee also heard from FAMU reappointment Belvin Perry, who cited his judicial career and board service and said his goal is to support student success, retain strong faculty and staff, and help FAMU continue rising in national standing. Finally, the committee began hearing from remote appointees, including UCF nominee Mark Philburn, who emphasized his construction, affordable housing, and higher education board experience, and FSU nominee Peter Jones, who described his finance and investment background and long service to FSU boards and committees. The last nominee heard before the transcript ended was Florida Gulf Coast appointee Paul Applegarth, whose audio issues delayed his remarks; he began by noting his prior federal confirmation, military service, and GI Bill-supported education.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have roughly 90,000. folks under regulation.
• Just to kind of give you some idea of, you know, what we. regulate.
• So, like I said, right now we're sitting at about 90,000 licensees under regulation.
• I'm the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation within HHSC.
• federal regulations that are about to take place.

Committee: House Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Louis basketball games. Some of them were at the Casey Chiefs game, you know.
• It's for a compulsive gaming app. It's for a compulsive gaming app.
• Back on page 444, just going through the language here, the Gaming Commission's role is to monitor gaming-related
• Trade licensed gaming operations.
• That is transferring from the Gaming Commission to the new compulsive gaming prevention fund created

Summary: Attorney General Catherine Hanaway presented the Office of the Attorney General’s FY 2027 budget request and outlined her office’s priorities: reducing violent crime, targeting illegal and unregulated activities she described as a “vice squad” focus, protecting Missourians from fraud, and improving the office’s legal work. She highlighted major cases and enforcement efforts, including litigation over insulin pricing, Dollar General pricing practices, a criminal prosecution in Hermann, the Jackson County assessment dispute, and a new lawsuit involving Misha’s board policy. Committee members asked about cybercrime enforcement, cooperation with federal authorities, VLTs, ballot and referendum litigation, and the office’s approach to diversity-related legal issues. Hanaway said cybercrime and no-call enforcement rely heavily on multi-state and federal cooperation, and she emphasized that many cases begin with citizen reports. Members also questioned the cost and scope of ongoing election-related litigation, including redistricting and referendum cases, and Hanaway said her office is defending the laws and ballot processes as required. She estimated roughly $600,000 in staff time over about six months for the referendum/redistricting work combined. Several members raised concerns about the Misha lawsuit and whether similar statutory provisions elsewhere in state government could raise the same legal issues; Hanaway responded that the case involved a board rule, not a statute, and turned on whether the requirement functioned as a quota. The committee also discussed child sexual exploitation, human trafficking, Medicaid fraud, and the use of outside counsel and pro hac vice fees. Hanaway said the office is using non-GR funds where possible and is not requesting pay increases this year. The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services then presented its budget. Officials explained that MOPS trains and supports prosecutors statewide, including on DWIs, child sex cases, and new prosecutor training, and that its budget request matches the governor’s recommendation. Members asked about support for local prosecutors, the nine counties without elected prosecutors, and the new conviction integrity unit; staff said the unit’s positions were shifted between line items and that the office can help answer prosecutorial questions through its general counsel. The committee then moved to the Department of Public Safety budget. DPS reviewed funding for crime victims notification, law enforcement recruitment and retention, drug task forces, academy scholarships, Blue Star grants, local crime prevention, school safety, World Cup security, 988 trainings, wastewater testing in schools, and other programs. Members asked about the $59 million federal FIFA World Cup grant, school safety app funding, and wastewater testing participation; DPS said the World Cup funds require no state match, the app funding is being phased out, and schools opted into the testing program. The committee recessed before finishing the DPS book, with plans to return later.

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• If you've got no skin in the game, you've got no reason not to do it.
• The student has no financial skin in the game, they're not continuing those classes if they don't want
• The next part of it was, are we going to then regulate how private schools spend that money?
• As far as, are we going to regulate how they spend it? We already do regulate how they spend it.
• Further regulations on our private school side than we do the public school side.

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:

• Then the bill includes broad CEQA exemptions for the Olympic Games.
• Assembly Bill 325 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry and others, an act relating to business regulations
• If I hadn't gotten up to speak, would the Giants win the game? I don't know.
• Senate Bill 295 by Senator Hurtado and others, and act in the business regulations.
• Devastated by the lack of water and burdensome regulations, this measure is another layer of regulations

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long floor session focused largely on concurrence votes on Senate amendments and a few budget-related motions. Early procedural actions included a failed motion to send AB 1207 to the inactive file, approval of motions to take up Senate amendments without reference to file, and recesses for dinner and committee meetings. The chamber also heard several guest introductions and brief ceremonial remarks, including birthday acknowledgments and recognition of interns and visitors. Members then considered and passed a series of measures on topics including armory property transfers (SB 855), data center electricity impacts (SB 57), carbon capture pipeline transport (SB 614), health budget trailer bills (AB 144 and AB 149), and a Black Caucus higher-education bill allowing institutions to consider descendants of enslaved people in admissions (AB 7). The Assembly also concurred in numerous Senate amendments on bills covering community college nursing programs (AB 1400), public health, signage for the Los Angeles Convention Center, gambling, social media warning labels for children, housing plan-check timelines, small business disaster recovery, wildfire mental health services, antitrust enforcement, foster care kinship placements, housing stability, AI cybersecurity, emergency services, and school nutrition standards. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though a few drew dissenting votes or brief debate over policy details. The most extended debate came on SB 274, which would limit retention of automated license plate reader data to 60 days unless tied to an investigation. Supporters argued it was needed to protect privacy and prevent misuse of sensitive location data, while opponents said it would hinder law enforcement and crime-solving. The transcript cuts off during that debate, so no final vote is shown for SB 274 in the provided text. Earlier and later votes recorded in the session showed broad support for many bills, with several measures passing unanimously and others receiving modest no votes, and some urgency measures being sent immediately to the Governor or the Senate after concurrence.

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• It is highly regulated. peer-reviewed. It is highly regulated.
• </c> exposure from hunting and consuming game exposure from hunting and consuming game animals<01:22:
• Everybody that was eating any of that venison or small game was absorbing lead.
• Everybody that was eating any of that venison or small game was absorbing lead.
• </c><01:41:32.239><c> wildlife</c> and a Minnesota DNR non-game wildlife and a Minnesota DNR non-game

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:

• The House Committee on Environmental Regulation will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• Because there is no regulation when it comes to mining in this situation.
• We really need a defined regulation for it. It's just us.
• Uh, we have no zoning regulations in the county.
• Uh, we 669 have no zoning regulations in the county.

Bills: SB1757 , SB1758 , SB1898 , SB2050

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2203, relating to certification of discovery issues in TCEQ contested cases referred to SOAH. The chair noted the House had already passed the companion HB 3249, then moved SB 2203 without amendments. The motion prevailed on a 5-0 vote, and the bill was reported favorably to the full House. The committee then heard SB 1898, which would prohibit the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam for testing and training, while still allowing it in emergency firefighting. The sponsor described PFAS as “forever chemicals” and said the bill would protect firefighters, water supplies, and public health. Testimony in support came from Environment Texas, which cited contamination concerns and noted other states and federal actions restricting PFAS foams. No one testified against the bill, and after closing testimony the committee left SB 1898 pending. The remainder of the hearing focused on SB 1758, a Grayson County pilot program aimed at addressing potential conflicts between Global Wafers’ semiconductor wafer facility and a proposed Black Mountain Cement/aggregate operation. Supporters, including Global Wafers, Grayson County officials, and manufacturing groups, argued that vibration from mining or blasting could threaten a major national-security semiconductor investment and that an independent BEG study was needed to set safe parameters. Opponents from Black Mountain Cement and related industry groups argued the bill would improperly interfere with a lawful permitting process, pick winners and losers, and harm Texas’ pro-business climate; they also said they had already revised operations and removed blast mining. The discussion included extensive questioning about geology, vibration, the permitting timeline, and whether the issue was really about mining rather than the air permit. No vote was taken on SB 1758 in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we spent a lot of days or evenings at University of Arizona football games, and my... ...evenings
• at University of Arizona football games.
• He also, as a vice president, was very concerned that in certain games the goalposts were torn... ...
• that in certain games, the goalposts were torn down.
• to Channel 48 on your television in your office, we were able to get the women's gold medal hockey game

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The President introduced guests from California, then announced committee substitutions and a referral change for Senate Bill 1267, which was withdrawn from Judiciary and Elections and sent to Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology. The chamber then moved through third-reading consent-calendar bills, with several measures on mental health services, special license plates, optometrists, claims relief, Department of Revenue matters, and Attorney General-related provisions. Senate Bill 1112 failed, while Senate Bills 1153, 1242, 1023, 1097, 1210, 1401, 1430, 1452, and 1613 all passed and were transmitted to the House. The Senate also adopted SCM 1003, urging Congress to amend the Constitution to allow states to regulate and limit campaign finance, after debate about money in politics and Citizens United. The chamber then received House Concurrent Resolution 2060, a death resolution honoring former legislator and University of Arizona administrator George Cunningham. The resolution was read in full, adopted unanimously, and signed in open session. The Senate recessed to allow Cunningham’s family onto the floor, where several senators offered personal tributes describing his public service, budget expertise, mentorship, and work with the Grand Canyon Institute and the University of Arizona. After the memorial observance, the Senate resumed briefly for announcements. Committee notices were given for Judiciary and Elections, Rules, and caucuses on the following Monday, while Federalism, Finance, and Military Affairs and Border Security were announced as not meeting. Senator Sears read a legislative proclamation honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. for his civil rights and economic justice legacy. The Senate then adjourned until Monday, February 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.

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• ADHS has regulations, the department has regulations, but they're not completely aligned.
• I mean, we don't regulate the therapy.
• It's really amazing how many entities that we regulate and how complex the regulation is, so that's been
• I am a regulator. And I think, I hope that it's not...
• Gaming is a perfect example.

Committee: Senate Director Nominations

Transcript Highlights:

• What if they wanted to tie in with casino or sports gaming interests?
• </c><00:40:34.200><c> um</c> might um put us ahead of that game um might um put us ahead of that game
• </c><00:49:44.200><c> and</c> tobacco wants to do video games and tobacco wants to do video games and
• </c><01:04:23.000><c> that</c> very careful about the regulations that very careful about the regulations
• </c><02:13:13.800><c> are</c> because we know what the regulations are because we know what the regulations

Summary: The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 167, which would add ski, snowboard, and boat wax containing PFAS to the state’s consumer-product restrictions. The sponsor argued the product is already banned in many places, has PFAS-free alternatives, and is used in ways that can directly contaminate water rather than landfills. She cited high PFAS levels in several New Hampshire lakes and said the bill was a simple extension of prior PFAS legislation. A witness also described a personal experience where a liquid ski wax disappeared from the market and later returned, likely because of PFAS concerns. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 167 without a vote. The committee then opened a hearing on House Bill 312, dealing with college athletes’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Representative Moffett said the bill was modeled on New Jersey law and intended to let student-athletes earn compensation from NIL without losing institutional scholarships, while also requiring licensed representation and setting limits on certain endorsements. He described the measure as proactive because NIL rules are evolving and could create conflicts among schools and future lawsuits. Members questioned whether the bill should apply to two-year institutions, whether it should exclude firearms and weapons, and whether the scholarship protections would cover need-based or academic aid as well as athletic scholarships. Moffett said the scholarship language was intended to protect scholarships generally, but not need-based aid specifically, and he acknowledged discomfort with some of the endorsement restrictions. Public testimony on HB 312 was mixed. One supporter, a former Division III athlete and coach, backed the bill but urged removal of a section allowing institutions or athletic bodies to use an athlete’s NIL without compensation, arguing most New Hampshire athletes do not receive NIL money and should not have to work extra jobs to cover basic expenses. The chair also raised concerns about the bill’s contractual and identity-rights implications, referencing prior committee work on a J.D. Salinger-related identity case and noting the committee had previously declined to get involved in similar contractual disputes. No vote was taken during the hearing.