Transcript Highlights:

• Right now they own a copyright to the standard license plate, the typical red, white, and blue ones.
• you see, where they get 50 cents on the dollar, or for every license plate through that.
• What this bill does is it removes that 50-cent fee that every standard license plate user has to pay,
• and instead it changes it over to a traditional outside group with their own special plate.
• The deal was made to have them have their own separate plate and get the funds from that like others

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the specialty plates, the ever-popular blackout plate, was passed in the last session.
• The other plate that was approved last session was the military sacrifice plate.
• That is a no-charge plate to a military sacrifice individual who qualifies for that plate.
• The Fesons Forever plate is an organizational plate, and the collector motorcycle plate was a request
• It's a personalized plate. It's an additional $25.

Committee: Joint Government Finance Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the specialty plates, the ever-popular blackout plate, was passed in the last session.
• The other plate that was approved last session was the military sacrifice plate.
• That is a no-charge plate to a military sacrifice individual that qualifies for that plate.
• The Fessons Forever plate is an organizational plate, and the collector motorcycle plate was a request
• It's a personalized plate.

Committee: Joint Government Finance Committee

Summary: The Government Finance Committee met with new leadership and approved the December 11 minutes. The committee first received an update from the Office of Management and Budget on the state general fund and major special funds. OMB reported revenues were tracking very close to forecast, with an estimated ending general fund balance of about $397 million, higher than previously expected. Staff also reviewed balances in the budget stabilization fund, legacy fund, foundation aid stabilization fund, social services fund, and strategic investment and improvements fund, along with oil tax collections and the current revenue picture. Legislative Council staff then summarized the special session budget changes and noted the updated beginning balance increased the projected ending balance for the next biennium. The Tax Department presented taxable sales and purchases data by county and industry, showing overall sales tax activity remained strong, with retail trade the largest sector and several counties posting notable gains. Commissioner Kraschis then reviewed federal tax changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and estimated their impact on North Dakota income tax collections, explaining that the figures were compared to the 2025 baseline and would be incorporated into future forecasts. Members asked about the overtime and tip exclusions, the senior standard deduction, and the primary residence property tax credit application count, which was running ahead of last year at more than 154,000 applications. The committee also heard from the Department of Transportation on fee schedules, with members focusing on driver’s license fees and the fact that current fees cover only about half of program costs, meaning the highway fund subsidizes the remainder. DOT also reported on specialty plate activity, including nearly 3,900 blackout plates issued, and noted increased state fleet usage. The Information Technology Department explained its internal service fund rate-setting process and discussed possible billing simplification, including annual billing and improved invoice detail. OMB also provided data on leased office space in the Bismarck-Mandan area and state workforce counts, and Legislative Council updated the committee on legislative branch space planning. Finally, subcommittee reports noted continued work on fixed-route transit funding and regional jail capacity, including Burleigh-Morton’s new DOCR housing wing and ongoing overcrowding in state correctional facilities. No formal votes beyond the minutes approval were taken, and the meeting adjourned with the next meeting set for June 25.

Transcript Highlights:

• One can track movements by tracking where the license plate was going at various points in time.
• Discourse by preventing state government entities from using license plate data and readers to track,
• From rescued children who had been kidnapped to murder suspects on the loose, license plate readers
• By placing reasonable safeguards on how license plate reader data is shared, especially in ways that
• I believe that they're recording license plates.

Bills: HB294 , SB40 , SB43 , SB35

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: cannabis, cannabis packaging, cannabis labeling, cannabis regulation, Cannabis Control Division, adulterated cannabis, artificial color additive, food dye, youth appeal, minor appeal, child-resistant packaging, black-and-white packaging, edibles, product labeling, consumer protection, marijuana, hemp, dispensary, licensed cannabis business, cannabis manufacturer

Transcript Highlights:

• , to revise provisions regarding agriculture plate color and design, and to exempt agriculture plates
• Also, with real-time digital technology and computer information, law enforcement runs a plate every
• time, receiving all the information they need to run a plate on your vehicle, making stickers really
• It was mentioned that quite a few of the plates have ornamental brackets, whatever, around them.
• An alternative method is to call the plate in to a dispatcher.

Summary: The Senate convened with all 35 members present, approved the previous day’s journal, received committee reports, and heard several introductions and page swearing-in ceremonies. Messages from the Governor and House were read, and multiple bills were advanced through first and second reading, including measures on education civics instruction, irrigation districts, state symbols, county jail prisoner costs, foreign laws, police dogs, hospital districts, driver training, agriculture license plates, and forest products commission procedures. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1254, which amends the Chiropractic Practice Act to clarify that certain certified chiropractors may prescribe limited products such as vitamins, minerals, fluids, and epinephrine for administration in their offices. The Senate also passed House Bill 533, removing the vehicle registration sticker requirement; supporters cited cost savings and modern plate-check technology, while opponents raised law-enforcement concerns. Senate Bill 1258 also passed after debate over a new distillery license for qualifying agricultural producers, with supporters framing it as a rural business and agritourism measure and critics warning about liquor-law carve-outs. The Senate further passed House Bill 502, which moves Idaho Forest Products Commission rules and related provisions into statute, and House Bill 555, a rewrite of solid waste facility law shifting more regulatory authority to the Department of Environmental Quality and updating landfill oversight. Votes on these bills were largely bipartisan, with HB 502 passing unanimously and the others passing by comfortable margins. The chamber then moved to miscellaneous business, announced a deadline for amendments, and adjourned until the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• It is funded 75% by the sale of the agricultural license plate.
• It is time to redesign that plate.
• It has nothing to do with the quantity of plates sold or anything like that. So, Mr.
• It is time to redesign that plate.
• It has nothing to do with the quantity of plates sold or anything like that. So, Mr.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received committee reports and bill referrals. Among the measures introduced or advanced were bills on restroom access and indecency, assertive community treatment, foreign law in Idaho courts, police dog protections, hospital taxing district petitions, legislative residency requirements, driver education options for parents, and redesigning the agricultural license plate. The House also passed several bills on second or third reading, including HB 652, HB 556, HB 602, HB 654, HB 549, HB 628, and HB 663, sending them to the Senate. HB 556 drew the most debate. Supporters argued the state should raise reimbursement to counties for housing state inmates in county jails because county costs have risen well above current reimbursement levels, counties are overcrowded, and property taxpayers are subsidizing state obligations. Opponents said the fiscal note was too large for the current budget year, though several members still acknowledged the underlying problem. The bill ultimately passed the House 59-10. HB 602, which limits the use of foreign law when it conflicts with Idaho or U.S. constitutional rights, also passed after questions about prior legislation affecting child support enforcement; the sponsor said this bill was narrower and preserved existing law as the guardrail. HB 673, which would require legislative candidates to have lived in their district for 120 days in the preceding year before filing, generated significant concern about retroactivity, fairness, and impacts on military members, missionaries, traveling workers, and others with temporary absences. After debate, the House voted to send it to general orders for further work rather than advancing it immediately. HB 628, concerning parent-taught driver education in urban districts, was defended as expanding parental choice and reducing costs, while opponents raised safety concerns about teaching teens on busy roads without dual brakes or other safeguards; it passed 63-6. The House adjourned after announcements and committee meeting notices.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a community servant and man of faith, he rested at home plate. He scored his final run.
• Brandon Claves of Chetown, Oklahoma. rested at home plate. He scored his rested at home plate.
• You know, at a town hall last week, I had a constituent stand up and tell me that he was a war veteran
• You know, at a town hall last week, I had a constituent stand up and tell me that he was a war veteran
• </c><00:40:54.640><c> from</c><00:40:54.960><c> the</c> was a uh war veteran from the was a uh war veteran

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He joked that the only thing he could imagine was an amendment allowing a new license plate saying you
• He added that he thought they were getting a little license-plate happy these days, but otherwise had
• The funds from this license plate go to Idaho Ag in the Classroom, and so we're just simply moving the
• 75% of our operating budget comes from the agriculture license plate.
• And then just lastly, just allowing us to redesign the entire plate and not just that small icon.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 24 and advanced the gubernatorial appointment of Gaston Patterson to the Aeronautics Advisory Board to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation. It then took up Senate Bill 1340, a traffic safety bill requiring slower traffic to keep right and creating a penalty for impeding traffic in the left lane on controlled-access highways. Senator Harris said the measure was intended to improve traffic flow and reduce dangerous passing situations, and AAA and the Idaho Transportation Department/ISP indicated support while suggesting clarifying amendments. The committee voted to send the bill to the 14th order for possible amendment. House Bill 532, dealing with uniform identity verification standards for DMV services and consolidating identity requirements into one statute, was presented by ITD and received no opposition. The committee voted to send it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Senate Bill 1287, which would revise Idaho public right-of-way law, drew extensive testimony from highway district and county representatives who raised concerns about public hearing requirements, survey costs, dedications, donations, and possible disruption to existing eminent domain and right-of-way processes. After discussion, the committee voted to hold the bill in committee at the call of the chair so amendments could be worked on. Finally, House Bill 663, a cleanup bill moving design authority for the Idaho agricultural license plate to the Idaho Agriculture in the Classroom board and making related language changes, was presented by Senator Nichols and supported by Idaho Agriculture in the Classroom. The committee voted to send House Bill 663 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• is not considered obscured if a license plate frame is not obscuring the plate number or validation
• It clarifies that a license plate is not considered obscured if a license plate frame is not obscuring
• the plate number or validation sticker.
• The amendment revises provisions regarding the use of license plate readers by private parties to allow
• The amendment revises the use of data from license plate readers to allow uses authorized under federal

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee heard and advanced several bills. CS/SB 1274 (transportation) was amended to remove multiple unrelated provisions and instead address local residential speed limits, license plate frame rules, rural airport funding, yellow-light timing at red-light camera intersections, private use of license plate readers, and FDOT payment rules; it passed unanimously. CS/SB 1310 (railroad safety) was amended into a study bill directing FDOT to examine advanced detection and monitoring systems at public railroad crossings and report policy options; it also passed unanimously after testimony from rail interests supporting a study but cautioning about interoperability and safety concerns. CS/SB 828 (sovereign immunity for public transit contractors) would extend sovereign immunity protections to private contractors providing public transit services for state and local governments. Supporters argued it would reduce costs, improve predictability, and help rural paratransit access, while opponents warned it would be a broad expansion of sovereign immunity and could conflict with railroad employee protections under FELA. Despite opposition from some members and outside groups, the bill was reported favorably. SB 1378 (traffic enforcement) passed and would strengthen abandoned-vehicle removal, penalties for unlawful plates or stickers, and vehicle seizure authority for fleeing/eluding cases. The committee also confirmed a slate of appointees in one vote, then heard SB 1562 (motor vehicle dealers), which would limit manufacturers from concentrating sales with a single dealer group once a brand has a meaningful Florida presence and require broader dealer representation to promote competition. It received supportive testimony and was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on earlier bills, and the committee adjourned, with the chair noting it was likely the final meeting of the year.

Transcript Highlights:

• And it was to allow for eight-letter license plates and allow a program for that.
• And I'm sure that he had some ideas on eight-letter plates that he would have, but I think he thought
• And so many different things you could do with that eight-letter plate.
• I think it would generate more money. ...things you could do with that eight-letter plate.
• AB 1091, Gallagher, license plates, holding committee.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that come through related to license plates.
• for individuals to receive this plate.
• We work with related to license plates.
• </c> plate gone through your process? plate gone through your process?
• </c> distinctive license plate? distinctive license plate? &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.

Bills: SB309 , HB192 , SB178 , SB179 , SB237 , HB10 , HB107 , HB189 , HB37 , HB226 , SB309 , HB192 , SB178 , SB179 , SB237 , HB10 , HB107 , HB189 , HB37 , HB226

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: automated driving systems, oversized vehicles, transportation, regulations, permits, HB192, international wire transfer, wire transfer fee, remittance fee, money transmission business, Alabama Securities Commission, Department of Revenue, Education Trust Fund, ELL instructors, English Language Learner, ESL teachers, income tax credit, remittances, international money transfer, migrant families

Transcript Highlights:

• , to revise provisions regarding agriculture plate color and design, and to exempt agriculture plates
• Also, with real-time digital technology and computer information, law enforcement runs a plate every
• time, receiving all the information they need to run a plate on your vehicle, making stickers really
• It was mentioned that quite a few of the plates have ornamental brackets, whatever, around them.
• An alternative method is to call the plate in to a dispatcher.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• or covered up, or you can't read it, ...either a sticker not being on the plate or covered up, or you
• And it was registration stickers for other plates.
• I didn't see... ...registration stickers for other plates.
• They can type in the plate to see if it's expired.
• running a plate to see if it's expired or not.

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs, after consideration on the merits, recommends the
• "Uh, we intended to put basic common sense guardrails on how license plate reader data and how it's used
• Uh, we intended to put basic common sense guardrails on how license plate reader data and how it's used
• reader data and how it's used and plate reader data and how it's used and protect<02:11:43.040><c> the
• We did pass Senate Bill 25276 last year, which prohibits local governments from sharing license plate

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I get up there and I want a two-year license plate.
• And lo and behold, I said, I'll take a two-year license plate.
• And so I still got a one-year license plate.
• And then now you're riding without proper plates.
• And then now you're riding without proper plates.

Committee: House Government Efficiency

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you. plate issues one issue, but the idea of they've been doing this for 80 years.
• I think the problem on the plate, not the other part, the part on the plate was there are some models
• we send temporary plates outside the state.
• But we have no business sending a permanent plate, Texas plate, outside the state.
• I mean, you know, just because we changed the plates to metal plates is, uh, the lead walls hadn't done

Bills: SB 1113 , SB 1117 , SB 1206 , SB 1460 , SB 1802 , SB 1906 , SB 1917 , SB 2340 , SB 2455 , SB 2680 , SB 2690 , SB 705 , SB 748

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: SB 1113, converter's license, converter license, motor vehicle dealer, auto dealer, vehicle conversion, converted vehicles, direct sales, retail sales, trailer, semitrailer, manufactured trailer, chassis, manufacturer's statement of origin, MSO, Occupations Code, Transportation Code, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, dealer licensing, general distinguishing number

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee was marked by discussions on several significant bills, with a keen emphasis on legislative updates and committee substitutes. Notably, Senator Blanco presented a new committee substitute for SB2610, which modifies the employee cap from 100 to 250 and extends the update timeline for cyber security programs for small businesses. This substitute was adopted unanimously, reflecting a collaborative agreement among the committee members. Additionally, there were discussions surrounding SB1856 as Senator Crayton provided insights into how stakeholder feedback influenced the bill's committee substitute. The committee ultimately voted in favor, pushing it towards the local and contested calendar, indicating the bill's progression through legislative channels.

Transcript Highlights:

• It has a license plate with a sticker on it. And then I decide to go on a road trip to Las Vegas.
• or designation on their license plate.
• And that is you can give authority for plate readers to be used without probable cause.
• Then Kurt has an awesome black plate, so he pays $25, and for the black plate specifically, $23 goes
• So for whatever plate you have, right, that fee is going to the sponsoring entity of your plate.

Committee: Joint Transportation Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President Trump stepped up to the plate to protect a critical American company.
• stepped up to the plate to protect a<00:06:36.479><c> critical</c><00:06:37.280><c> American</c><00:
• , Army veteran Lindseay Gray, enlisting<07:27:22.160><c> in</c><07:27:22.478><c> 2006.
• </c> and continues to serve fellow veterans and continues to serve fellow veterans in<07:28:00.160><c
• Eighty percent of those households include a child, a senior, a disabled person, or a veteran.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• of fixing a sticker over the license plate, invalidating the plate.
• , whatever, to get the plates.
• We still talk about turning in the plants whenever. the license plate invalidating the the license plate
• :40:53.040><c> the</c><00:40:53.359><c> vehicle</c><00:40:53.760><c> owner</c> plate.
• Um and then the vehicle owner plate.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And yes, thank goodness uh Governor Moore stepped up to the plate and did the right thing to help uh
• 06.399><c> the</c><00:32:06.720><c> right</c><00:32:06.960><c> thing</c><00:32:07.279><c> to</c> the plate
• and did the right thing to the plate and did the right thing to help<00:32:08.960><c> uh</c><00:32:09.440
• 47:36.560><c> credits</c><00:47:36.960><c> for</c><00:47:37.280><c> disabled</c><00:47:37.760><c> veterans
• </c><00:47:38.319><c> and</c> tax credits for disabled veterans and tax credits for disabled veterans

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all