Transcript Highlights:

• Money and guns. Money and guns. Please look at the whole equation.
• Patel and Gun Owners of America. A group staunchly opposed to firearm regulation, a group that Mr.
• are unconstitutional and that civilian ownership of machine guns... ...guns is protected under the Second
• It would also regulate the distribution of machine guns to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands
• Come to be and how it hasn't resulted in a mass confiscation of guns.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Um they will do uh same their gun.
• I mean, there's no restriction on anyone who should have a gun having a gun.
• So, by drawing a gun, you can presume that the other person might have a gun as well.
• having a gun.
• So, by drawing a a gun having a gun.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've led on pragmatic gun violence prevention.
• We passed first gun violence prevention.
• Overburdensome<01:23:45.920><c> regulations</c><01:23:46.400><c> and</c> Overburdensome regulations and
• </c><01:24:06.320><c> eventually</c> taxes, fees, or regulations eventually taxes, fees, or regulations
• Do we accept being the sixth most regulated state for business with approximately 45% of our regulations

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><02:25:33.200><c> that</c> isn't what the police want a gun that isn't what the police want a gun
• </c> associated with a gun in working order. associated with a gun in working order.
• </c> and and guns and and guns like<02:27:10.880><c> TNT</c><02:27:11.600><c> and</c><02:27:12.000><c
• then say, "Oh, it's your fault you didn't put it on the gun when I could have ordered the gun," the
• </c> actual defect in any way in the guns actual defect in any way in the guns that<02:35:37.760><c>

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• property, to revise a provision regarding the levy of tax on certain electrical production and rate-regulated
• electric utility companies, rate-regulated affiliated gas companies, and rate-regulated gas companies
• This bill deals with a gun club in North Idaho. The amendment more clearly locates the gun club.
• The amendment is just more clearly locates the gun club.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the prior journal. Committee and message reports were received, including enrollment of several bills and resolutions, gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho State Racing Commission and State Building Authority, and multiple House bills referred to standing committees. The chamber also advanced a large slate of bills through first and second reading, with several measures sent to the third-reading calendar. The Committee of the Whole considered and amended several bills. Amendments were adopted on House Bill 494 (temporary caregiver background checks), Senate Bill 1294 (hearing screening timelines for infants and midwives), Senate Bill 1299 (digital ID enforcement and police-requested deletions), House Bill 728 (definitions cleanup), House Bill 703 (restoring an individual fine provision for surveyors and engineers), Senate Bill 1335 (veterinary medicine clarification), Senate Bill 1330 (small claims court attorney fees), Senate Bill 1359 (virtual currency kiosk consumer protection), and Senate Bill 1348 (clarifying the location of a North Idaho gun club). The committee reported all of those measures back as amended without recommendation, while several other bills remained on the 14th-order calendar. A major floor action involved House Bill 745, which had been held in the Commerce and Human Resources Committee. Under Rule 14E, a motion was made to excuse the committee from reporting the bill forthwith. After extended debate over committee prerogatives and the Senate’s ability to force consideration of held bills, a roll call vote was taken. The motion to excuse the committee passed 25-1 with one abstention, meaning House Bill 745 would remain in committee for the rest of the session. The Senate then reordered the third-reading calendar, received announcements, and adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• property, to revise a provision regarding the levy of tax on certain electrical production and rate-regulated
• electric utility companies, rate-regulated affiliated gas companies, and rate-regulated gas companies
• This bill deals with a gun club in North Idaho. The amendment more clearly locates the gun club.
• The amendment is just more clearly locates the gun club.

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c> &gt;&gt; selling that gun. &gt;&gt; selling that gun.
• </c> rules or regulations when they do so. rules or regulations when they do so.
• back in the event that guns are taken away.
• </c><02:38:27.040><c> back</c> clear appeal process to get a gun back clear appeal process to get a gun
• um that guns are taken away. away. away.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• crisis, including investing in addiction prevention and treatment, enforcing and strengthening our gun
• He's a full-time emergency room physician and a part-time medical regulator in Wisconsin.
• If we saw this with any other product, there would be federal regulations.
• We've got to deal with the illicit trade and guns going across the border. I agree with that.
• In fact, I got in trouble with some gun advocates, Second Amendment advocacy groups, because I agree

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Wippon, member, Senate Bill 1670 preempts the regulation of persons subject to Registrar of Contractors
• Senate Bill 1670 preempts the regulation of persons subject to Registrar of Contractors licensure.
• My concern is the ability for the other side to use this as gun violence against our Second Amendment
• My concern is the ability for the other side to use this as gun violence against our Second Amendment
• rights, and I think it's a slow... ...as gun violence against our Second Amendment rights.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long agenda of Senate bills across elections, commerce, education, government, health and human services, judiciary, public safety, transportation, rural development, and ways and means. Many measures were described as consent or third-read consent items, including bills on campaign finance termination statements and late-report penalties, AI provenance data for media, adjuster/contractor conduct during emergencies, Industrial Commission changes, association meeting closures, banking and remittance rules, central bank digital currency, public safety parity funding, barbering and cosmetology board continuation, digital asset reserve management, contractor licensing, gaming and racing commission continuation, school AED instruction, classroom removal procedures, school safety reporting, special education complaint transparency, foreign influence and land ownership restrictions, DCS and DES process changes, health care licensing and reimbursement rules, EMS compact adoption, and multiple tax, housing, and transportation measures. Staff repeatedly summarized each bill and answered questions, with several bills noted as mirror or identical to House measures or as strike-everything amendments from committees. A few bills drew discussion. On SB 2874, staff explained that the Senate amendment would limit penalties for untimely campaign finance reports when a committee certifies it received no contributions and made no expenditures, but the sponsor did not concur. SB 1074 prompted questions about whether parental notification changed; staff said it did not and that the bill was aimed at improving communication between teachers and principals about discipline. SB 1175, requiring DCS caseworkers to photograph children at each interaction in abuse or neglect cases, drew concern about the scope of the photos, while supporters said it would improve continuity and documentation. SB 1180 also drew comment because the sponsor and committee chair disagreed over an amendment, though the bill was advanced for further work. The most extended debate came on SB 1751, which would allow death-row inmates to choose firing squad, lethal injection, or lethal gas if voters approve the related constitutional measure. One member strongly opposed the bill on moral and personal grounds, another argued it could be a more humane option if the state is going to carry out executions, and a third raised concern that it could be used against Second Amendment rights. The bill remained on the third-read consent calendar despite the objections. The caucus concluded after moving through the remaining agenda items, with no formal votes recorded in the transcript beyond committee status and consent-calendar placement.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, under pressure from refineries, new regulations have been proposed that will Work procedures.
• Now, under pressure from refineries, new regulations have been proposed that will weaken these hard-won
• I asked for an amendment to make it clear that this bill isn't a way to avoid our fire-safe regulations
• The bill also requires regulators to consider specific revenue indicators when determining if a rate
• Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, Moms Demand Action, and others.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through confirmations and floor legislation. Three California Housing Finance Agency and State Mining and Geology Board appointments were confirmed unanimously. The chamber then took up several policy bills, with debate often focusing on housing, public safety, energy, and local government impacts. Among the major measures, SB 1173 on lesser related offense jury instructions passed after supporters argued it would give judges limited discretion and improve fairness, while opponents warned it could create inconsistency. SB 1354, barring out-of-state military or law enforcement activity in California without the Governor’s permission, passed despite objections that it conflicted with federal commander-in-chief authority. SB 1090, the Altadena disaster-speculation bill, passed to restrict unsolicited purchase offers in fire-affected areas, and SB 966 passed to preserve refinery worker safety participation rights. SB 1256, a local housing/land-use bill, passed unanimously after discussion of fire-safety concerns and ongoing amendments. The Senate also approved SB 865 on music festivals, SB 866 on homelessness planning and regional coordination for jurisdictions not receiving HAP funds, SB 938 on peace officer training requirements for certain immigration-enforcement-related applicants after the author committed to major amendments, SB 1359 on natural gas planning to reduce ratepayer costs, SB 923 on privacy rights under the CCPA, SB 1098 on utility memorandum and balancing accounts, SB 1010 on refrigerant recovery for cooling appliances, SB 937 on restricting flashbang use in crowd control and immigration enforcement, SB 1082 on inter-district pupil transfers, and SB 1087 on modernizing regional transportation planning. Several bills drew split votes and pointed debate over mandates, taxes, local control, and regulatory certainty, but most ultimately passed.

Transcript Highlights:

• First reading of the bill: Prohibit red flag gun seizures act, penalty amendments and act.
• </c><00:50:02.079><c> rights</c> last year on restoration of gun rights last year on restoration of gun
• The problem here is that there's very lax federal regulation.
• Uh the federal government is regulation.
• </c><03:54:32.239><c> and</c> but also keep it all the regulations and but also keep it all the regulations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The only thing that can stop a bad man with a gun who means to do evil is a good man with a gun who means
• I mentioned, but also by looking at how we regulate the legal profession.
• It also tells us that government regulation of a service drives up the price.
• We must be open, I think, to careful changing the way we regulate the legal profession.
• been priced out of the market for many legal services, then we've all got to ask whether the way we regulate

Bills: SB26 , SB28 , SJR36 , SB26 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB28

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement

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• It would automatically update with the federal regulations.
• Based on where the federal regulations are now, it effectively doubles from $100,000 per violation to
• I just drove a nail gun.
• I wasn't smart enough to do anything else, but I knew how to drive a nail gun.
• , then I would train him to drive a nail gun.

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• to regulate less lethal projectile devices such as Tasers.
• Terrible bill and a $1 billion giveaway to gun manufacturers wrapped in a deceiving title.
• Even Gun Owners of America is not being shy about what the bill really does.
• Exempting certain weapons from all firearms regulation under the Gun Control Act and National Firearms
• When gun violence remains a leading cause of death in this nation for our kids, Congress...

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And if we, if we didn't have security in our courthouses, the number of guns, weapons, knives that would
• We file on every case where a gun was discharged at someone.
• We're juvenile gun cases. 11 juvenile homicide cases have been referred.
• The Dho won't take you unless you have a gun crime right now.
• This time maybe I'll add a gun into the equation and he shoots it out a window, kills somebody.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• They have a goal to become known as the top school in the country for safe and responsible gun ownership

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

Keywords: controlled dangerous substances, controlled substances, drug scheduling, Schedule I, Schedule IV, anti-drug diversion, drug diversion, synthetic opioids, fentanyl analogs, designer drugs, synthetic cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine analogs, opioids, hallucinogens, depressants, pharmacy regulation, narcotics control, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, DEA scheduling

Transcript Highlights:

• They have a goal to become known as the top school in the country for safe and responsible gun ownership

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

Keywords: controlled dangerous substances, controlled substances, drug scheduling, Schedule I, Schedule IV, anti-drug diversion, drug diversion, synthetic opioids, fentanyl analogs, designer drugs, synthetic cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine analogs, opioids, hallucinogens, depressants, pharmacy regulation, narcotics control, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, DEA scheduling

Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered the invocation and pledges, and recognized the doctor, psychologist, and nurse of the day. The chamber then hosted several honorary introductions and citations, including congratulations to the Murray State College shotgun team for winning back-to-back national championships and to the Coedah High School varsity wrestling team for a record-setting 5A season and state title. Both groups were formally presented citations and received Senate applause. The Senate also considered Senate Resolution 30, which reaffirmed Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, supported stronger economic and diplomatic ties, and celebrated the anniversaries of the Taiwan Relations Act and the Oklahoma-Taiwan relationship. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after brief remarks from Senator Peterson and a representative from Taiwan’s office in Houston, who thanked the Senate and spoke about Taiwan’s trade relationship, economic growth, and international challenges. The meeting included introductions from several student pages, who described their schools, sponsoring senators, and future plans. Announcements were made for committee meetings, including Revenue and Taxation, Health and Human Services, and Appropriations and Budget, along with a reminder about Diabetes Awareness Day. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, April 14th at 9:30 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• a governing person because<00:12:43.839><c> of</c><00:12:44.000><c> their</c><00:12:44.160><c> anti-gun
• </c><00:12:44.720><c> beliefs,</c><00:12:45.200><c> would</c> because of their anti-gun beliefs, would
• because of their anti-gun beliefs, would they<00:12:45.600><c> be</c><00:12:45.760><c> required</c><
• 18.240><c> little</c> um uh and then and there's very little um uh and then and there's very little regul
• <00:15:18.959><c> regulatory</c><00:15:19.440><c> oversight,</c> regul regulatory oversight, regul regulatory

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor

Keywords: Meeting start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:32 HB 136 Discussion: 01:46 HB 136 Vote: 05:53 HB 183 Discussion: 07:03 HB 183 Vote: 14:45, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The League of Women Voters of New Mexico supports regulations that promote firearm safety.
• When is a gun an open-carry situation versus concealed? And that is what we're trying to avoid.
• If someone, they obviously will not be checking folks for guns, but if they see a weapon, they know that
• checking folks for guns, but if they see a weapon, they know that that's in violation of these provisions

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Joint Resolution 7, a land swap between the City of Santa Fe and the state involving a parcel in Midtown Santa Fe, the former College of Santa Fe campus area. The sponsor said the transaction would not involve any money and was intended to help advance redevelopment of the Midtown area. There was no public testimony, and the committee moved a due pass recommendation with no opposition. The committee then took up Senate Bill 261, which updates 2024 law restricting firearms at polling places by narrowing exemptions. The bill would generally make polling places firearm-free, while still allowing firearms for law enforcement requested by election officials to maintain order or respond to emergencies, for officers whose offices are in the same facility, and for people inside private vehicles. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters, said firearms can intimidate voters and poll workers and should not be present at polling sites. Opponents from the Zia Rifle and Pistol Club, NRA, and New Mexico Business Coalition argued the bill removes protections for law-abiding concealed carry holders and off-duty officers, and that concealed carry is not inherently intimidating. Committee members questioned how the ban would be enforced, how concealed carry would be identified, and whether polling places would be left vulnerable in the event of an attack. The Secretary of State’s representative said stationing uniformed officers at polling places would violate federal law, that poll workers are trained in de-escalation, and that the bill is intended to create a clear, uniform rule for election workers. Before the discussion concluded, the sponsor had to leave for another committee, and the chair announced the bill would be rolled to a later meeting. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• In addition, we have agreed now that the Department of Business and Professional Regulations, which does
• Well, there is absolutely no regulation and no transparency of those dollars.
• Of existing programs, ensuring compliance with regulations and promoting data-driven improvements.
• CS for CS for House Bill 683, a bill to be entitled an act relating to construction regulations.
• CS for HB 493 gives the regulatory authority to regulate ALS living facilities that offer memory care

Bills: SB 5 , SJR 3 , HB 11 , HJR 72 , HB 48 , HB 27 , HB 144 , HB 37 , HB 1481 , HB 581 , HB 1696 , HB 2216 , HB 1035 , HB 1633 , HB 742 , HB 754 , HB 1689 , HB 1690 , HB 2669 , HB 391 , HB 517 , HB 1775 , HB 1024 , HB 1607 , HB 252 , HB 1716 , HB 1562 , HB 4116 , HB 1866 , HB 1741 , HB 2103 , HB 2637 , HB 2884 , HB 3707 , HB 503 , HB 1089 , HB 1757 , HB 2986 , HB 972 , SB 365 , SB 1786 , SB 5 , SJR 3 , HB 14 , HB 43 , HB 36 , HB 26 , HB 149 , HB 121 , HB 206 , HB 136 , HB 3114 , HB 2733 , HB 1732 , HB 3700 , HB 467 , HB 1130 , HB 1846 , HB 1442 , HB 1147 , HB 2176 , HB 2701 , HB 805 , HB 2890 , HB 1154 , HB 1644 , HB 2118 , HB 1718 , HB 2488 , HB 2596 , HB 2468 , HB 484 , HB 2578 , HB 3204 , HB 1041 , HB 307 , HB 685 , HB 538 , HB 2525 , HB 3125 , HB 2027 , HB 2894 , HB 3077 , HB 106 , HB 18 , HB 11 , HJR 72 , HB 48 , HB 27 , HB 144 , HB 37 , HB 1481 , HB 581 , HB 1696 , HB 2216 , HB 1035 , HB 1633 , HB 742 , HB 754 , HB 1689 , HB 1690 , HB 2669 , HB 391 , HB 517 , HB 1775 , HB 1024 , HB 1607 , HB 252 , HB 1716 , HB 1562 , HB 4116 , HB 1866 , HB 1741 , HB 2103 , HB 2637 , HB 2884 , HB 3707 , HB 503 , HB 1089 , HB 1757 , HB 2986 , HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability