Transcript Highlights:

• It's a priority of the President.
• It was a priority at OMB in the first term to make sure that we establish maritime supremacy in this
• for him, and I think your question reflects that it's been a priority of his.
• Are priorities for me and my state.
• Well, it'll be a priority through our role in advising.

Transcript Highlights:

• What we have this year that is also supported by the governor, it is a priority.
• priorities, um Uh additional priorities, um there<01:27:45.520> is<01:27:45.800> a<01:
• These priorities are awesome. They're noble and reasonable.
• These priorities are awesome. They're noble and reasonable.
• These priorities are awesome. They're noble and reasonable.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and via webinar, and created a roadmap to structure and inform council decisions for annual work priorities
• It was one of their priorities for 2023. Mr. Buckley worked with several other staff.
• And just give a very brief explanation that council has a priority-setting process annually, where the
• Northern... ...has a priority-setting process annually, where the Northern Edge was on a list of potential
• priorities for several years running, and the council did not choose to make it a work priority.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The joint hearing focused on the Atlantic sea scallop fishery, with particular attention to Massachusetts ports, federal scallop management, the proposed reopening of the Northern Edge on Georges Bank, and permit stacking/consolidation. The chair opened by noting the hearing would take written and oral testimony, that time was limited, and that the discussion was intended to inform legislative engagement with federal regulators rather than decide the issue directly. Dan McCarron of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and Dr. Kate O’Keefe of the New England Fishery Management Council outlined the federal management structure under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the role of annual catch limits and rotational closures, and the economic importance of scallops to New Bedford, Gloucester, and other Massachusetts ports. O’Keefe said the council’s current scallop framework is based on annual management, research surveys, and public input, and that recent environmental changes and uncertainty are affecting catch advice and biomass. Dr. O’Keefe and later Dr. Kevin Stokesbury of UMass Dartmouth described the fishery’s recent condition: abundance has increased in some areas, but biomass has fallen because many scallops are still too small to harvest, and changing ocean conditions and natural mortality are affecting the stock. They said the Northern Edge action was considered as a joint scallop/habitat framework but was discontinued in 2024 because the council could not reconcile competing objectives involving scallop yield, habitat protection, and impacts on other species such as cod, lobster, and herring. Stokesbury emphasized the long-running collaborative survey work with industry, said the fishery remains highly productive, and argued that the science supports careful rotational management and that the Northern Edge could be highly productive for scallops, though he acknowledged habitat tradeoffs. Committee members pressed both witnesses on why the issue had remained unresolved for so long and whether the council could revisit it through a future framework. Representatives of the Sustainable Scalloping Fund, including attorney Drew Kavage, John Lees, Sam Blasley, and Tony Alvernes, urged support for reopening the Northern Edge and for permit stacking, which would allow more than one scallop permit on a vessel while keeping ownership caps in place. They argued the fishery is a major economic driver, that industry-funded research has supported sustainable management, and that stacking would help family-owned operators reduce costs, improve safety, and avoid financial distress. They also stressed the need to protect working waterfront infrastructure in New Bedford and other ports. The chair said he was not opposed to stacking in principle but wanted to avoid a slippery slope toward excessive consolidation or private equity control; he noted that any stacking change would require an amendment to the fishery management plan or federal action. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded with an invitation for continued engagement and future updates on the council process.

Transcript Highlights:

• our associations represent our respective professions, our respective members, and those members' priorities
• Those are our priorities. Their interests are our interests.
• 16.879> those<00:03:17.120> members<00:03:17.280> members<00:03:17.680> priorities
• <00:03:18.080> and and those members members priorities and and those members members priorities
• and they'd get it uh mark it uh priority and they'd get done<00:26:20.960> right<00:26:21.120

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 962, the Brady-Giglio bill, which seeks to create a more uniform statewide process for how prosecutors identify and manage law enforcement officers whose credibility may be questioned. The author explained that the bill grew out of stakeholder work over the past year, and the committee adopted the DE3 amendment, which reflected much of that negotiated language. Testifiers from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, Law Enforcement Labor Services, the Minnesota Sheriffs Association, the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, and the Minnesota County Attorneys Association all said the bill was moving in the right direction and emphasized the need for consistency, predictability, security, and due process in Brady-Giglio decisions. Several witnesses said the bill should prevent Brady designations from being used as the sole basis for discipline and should prohibit prosecutor-maintained do-not-call lists. County attorney and law enforcement representatives said the current draft is a major step forward but that work remains, especially on data access, data retention, sharing, and security provisions. They also noted that the language had not yet been fully approved by all stakeholder boards, though they supported continuing the process and asked the committee to advance the bill so negotiations could continue. Members raised questions about whether public defenders, defendants’ rights groups, and other public employees had been included in the discussions. The author and other supporters said the main alignment so far has been among prosecutors and law enforcement, with additional input from other groups to come later. In closing, the author described personal experiences that illustrated how an error or misunderstanding could unfairly affect an officer’s career and argued for a statewide standard. The committee then voted to re-refer House File 962, as amended, to the Judiciary Committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• As they're moving through their priorities.
• Obviously, aerospace and defense are going to continue to be a high priority.
• And obviously, that is a high priority for the governor and for this body.
• And obviously, that is a high priority for the governor and for this body.
• And so building out with every individual what their specific priorities are.

Keywords: 985, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This morning's agenda, what we'd like to walk through today is our in-work priorities: background, Department
• In-work priority changes: enterprise modernization and integration, statewide enterprise program establishing
• So, we're excited to have a fully rounded team and looking forward to accomplishing all these priority
• You've listed the priorities in order, and/or the priorities on your first time.
• You'll notice, I'll refer you back to our slide of priorities.

Transcript Highlights:

• And since fewer charter schools are opening, it would expand that to all charter schools, with priority
• As a third priority, it would be all charters. I appreciate the particular...
• As a third priority, it would be all charters. Right.
• This year, the Legislative Jewish Caucus has chosen only one priority bill for very specific reasons.
• But had this bill been forward, I'm quite certain that it would be one of our priority caucus priority

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um so when it seems like you guys are all about priorities, how are you guys zeroing in on the differences
• how are you are all about priorities how are you guys<00:04:06.400> zeroing<00:04:06.799>
• What are going to be the priorities? What are we going to focus those dollars on?
• What are going to be the priorities?
• What are we going to focus priorities?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and should be readily adoptable priority and should be readily adoptable by<00:30:14.240> this
• became a super priority for the Senate Democrats is the sustainable aviation fuel provisions.
• coming to now that has been a priority coming to now that has been a priority of<00:44:27.680>
• Even today, it's a governor's priority that we could adopt that as well.
• Certainly wasn't a priority of the governor's, either.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair Hansen, uh, we have priorities here for food.
• Chair Hansen, uh, we have priorities here for food.
• Chair Hansen, uh, we have priorities here for food.
• Chair Hansen, uh, we have priorities here for food.
• Chair Hansen, uh, we have priorities here for food.

Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

Transcript Highlights:

• so depending on the size and scope of that project. priority so depending on the size and scope of that
• Priorities changed, like you said, Ms.
• So we wanted these all to be on the same page, meet the same priorities, and then we go forward with
• We’re just trying to make sure that everybody’s working together, knowing that it’s a priority from the
• Absolutely nothing is set in stone, and we need to, because priorities continue to change year to year

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review the state’s off-highway vehicle program, with opening remarks focused on balancing recreation, safety, tourism, and land-use conflicts among OHV users, hikers, bikers, ranchers, and land managers. Arizona State Parks and Trails reported on OHV fund revenues, grant balances, and process changes intended to speed up mitigation and law enforcement spending. The agency said it has tightened grant oversight, eliminated informal grant “buckets,” increased delegated authority for quicker project approval, and is using contracted trail crews for expedited maintenance and mitigation. Examples discussed included fencing and signage at Bulldog Canyon, erosion-control work at Charlew Gap, and a mitigation project at Windmill Mountain Ranch. Members emphasized that prior committee discussions helped recover nearly $4 million from stale grants and redirect it to current priorities. Arizona Game and Fish reported that OHV education and enforcement activity has increased. The mandatory online safety course has been taken by more than 149,000 people through ADOT and 15,000 through Game and Fish, and officers said compliance, especially helmet use by children, has improved. Game and Fish also described its OHV enforcement role, including seven dedicated officers and 97 field officers, training for about 40 agencies, and a new requirement that OHV law be included in police academy curricula starting in 2026. The department said most citations involve no decal, helmet issues, cross-country travel, habitat damage, and reckless driving. Members asked about speeding standards, road use, and a helmet-law conflict involving children in side-by-sides; Game and Fish said it is currently harmonizing the statutes and has treated children in side-by-sides as exempt under the newer provision. ADOT explained the decal and registration process, including the required safety course, the $25 decal, and the new non-resident 30-day permit for certain out-of-state OHVs. Staff also clarified that the course is required for owners, not every occasional operator, and that rental companies are not statutorily required to have each renter take the course, though some do so voluntarily. The committee then heard a legislative overview of recent OHV bills: 2024’s SB 1576 on safety, age, and helmet requirements; 2025’s SB 1517 creating the temporary non-resident permit and extending the study committee; and this year’s SB 1519, which would raise the OHV weight limit from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and add a proposed new fee class. Members and stakeholders discussed whether the higher weight limit would broaden the OHV category, affect revenue, and better reflect newer, heavier side-by-sides, while some cautioned against blurring the line between OHVs and regular vehicles. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the top priority for Greater St.
• Now that the federal age is set at 21, it's not a priority for us to necessarily update the statutes;
• So it's still a priority for them to be able to continue to sell those. Okay. Well, I think...
• It's still a priority for them to be able to continue to sell those. Okay.
• It's a strategic priority of the auditor's office.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This progress reflects the commitment of our teachers and leaders to making literacy a priority across
• Safety remains a top priority at Las Cruces. Public schools.
• Right now, we are also seeing, and that's why part of our legislative priorities is around that SPED
• We make that our priority.
• Meanwhile, our students and our staff are left trying to keep up with shifting priorities.

Transcript Highlights:

• a lot of our one-time investments as well as made other reductions with the goal to maintain our priority
• It provides additional support to address rising costs as well as fund statewide priorities.
• This plan preserves many of the priorities that are important to the people of the state of California
• We were also involved in the CEQA component, dealing with housing priorities, working with the Assembly
• Chair have done with health care and education, obviously priorities for our Californian values.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The caveat is I understand that UNM has higher priorities this year: the School of Medicine project and
• and the football stadium project. so I hope to be back here next year with this project as a top priority
• The faculty discussed at length their hiring priorities for this year.
• And our priorities were as follows: Two for Indian law, two for legal writing, one for clinic, and.
• And our priorities were as follows: Two for Indian law, two for legal writing, one for clinic, and.

Bills: SB1, SB3

Keywords: interstate medical licensure compact, physician licensure, medical license reciprocity, expedited licensure, medical practice act, New Mexico medical board, compact commission, physician mobility, telemedicine, license portability, background check, disciplinary action, joint investigation, reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, scope of practice, medical board transparency, multistate compact, licensure renewal, health care workforce

Transcript Highlights:

• Projects can change as priorities change.
• It's not listed by priority.
• <00:37:01.520> um airport it's not listed by priority um airport it's not listed by priority
• So these are basically in your priority order, that is correct?
• Yes, we have a priority list. We follow that order. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

Transcript Highlights:

• An entity that was empowered to convene and align competing stakeholders' agendas and priorities across
• To be a stakeholder-informed workforce priority-setting process in developing action plans with some
• 11.239> the mental health system this includes the mental health system this includes the priority
• admissions panel um which is priority admissions panel um which is actually<01:25:14.320> where
• <01:27:11.600> list to the top of their priority list to the top of their priority list because

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I was successful at helping get vouchers bumped from the top priorities of the party to number nine
• So it's not even a priority of the party, but that's ...to number nine.
• So it's not even a priority of the party, but that seems to take all of the oxygen out of the room here
• All of that has taken priority over funding our classrooms. And that starts at the top.

Keywords: education funding, House Bill 5419, zero-based budgeting, public testimony, school safety, special education

Summary: State Representative Gina Hinojosa and a group of parents and education advocates testified in support of House Bill 5419, a zero-based budgeting proposal aimed at reviewing Texas Education Agency spending and redirecting more public education dollars to classrooms. Hinojosa argued that public schools are being weakened by chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, delayed special education services, and inadequate school safety funding, and said the bill would help cut bureaucracy, vendor contracts, and other non-classroom spending in favor of teacher pay, safety, and special education. Several witnesses, including self-identified Republicans and former GOP officials, backed the bill as a good-government measure and said they were crossing party lines because public schools need more direct investment. They criticized TEA growth, vendor contracts, public-private partnerships, and what they described as unfunded mandates from the state, including school safety requirements. One witness said rural districts are being forced into four-day school weeks, while others cited campus closures, deferred maintenance, and local tax increases tied to state funding shortfalls and recapture payments. The discussion also focused on the need for a systematic review of TEA spending and the lack of a sunset review for the agency since before 2005. Hinojosa and others said increasing the basic allotment would help districts, reduce recapture pressures, and prevent local tax hikes. The exchange was primarily a public hearing and advocacy session; no vote or formal committee action was described in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• As we negotiate this year's budget, we keep hearing all about the priorities that deserve our attention
• Every one of those priorities matter.
• All about the priorities that deserve our attention: education, health care, public safety, economic
• Every one of those priorities matter.
• clear message to hundreds of thousands of hardworking Pennsylvanians that they are not one of those priorities

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine administrative business, including approval of the June 1, 2026 journal and several leave requests. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee referrals, with House Bill 1042 initially sent to Appropriations and later re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations after committee action. Several other measures were either passed, held over in their order, or re-referred, including House Bills 36 and 513 to Appropriations and various Senate and House bills set aside for later consideration. The most substantive floor debate centered on House Bill 96, where Senator Yaw offered Amendment A4096 to clarify the legal effect of historic tax sales of unseated lands. The amendment would treat certain historic tax-sale deeds as conveying full fee simple ownership, including severed subsurface rights, unless those rights were separately assessed, and would require documentary proof for claims of redemption. The amendment passed 36-14. The Senate also adopted Amendment A4183 to House Bill 1862 after a ruling that Senator Rothman had no conflict of interest and was required to vote; that amendment passed 46-4. Later, Amendment A4173 to House Bill 2559 was adopted 49-1, and House Bill 2559 then passed as amended. Several bills received final passage by unanimous 50-0 votes, including House Bills 482, 1102, 1830, 1860, and 2426, while House Bill 1862 and House Bill 96 were advanced as amended. The Senate also returned a slate of gubernatorial nominations to the governor on motion of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. During petitions and remonstrances, Senator Tartaglione urged action to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, arguing the budget should not ignore low-wage workers. The session also included recognition remarks for Ed Sheehan’s retirement and a submission to the record on the Treaty of Paris. The Senate then recessed until July 12, 2026, at noon, and several bills were signed in the presence of the Senate before recess.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Sanders is aware, but, you know, sharing about myself, my priorities for the department, and
• My priorities for the department and DFS-led initiatives in the governor's budget proposal for you all
• So with that, I just want to talk now about my priorities and how they tie in with the executive budget
• Of course, a key priority for DFS is affordability, as it is for all of us.
• I just want to highlight two final priorities for myself and DFS.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Banking Committee met for its first meeting of the session, with Chair James Sanders Jr. and Ranking Member George Borrello opening the hearing and noting a collaborative approach to committee work. The committee first considered and advanced several bills: S.114, which would prohibit state-chartered banks from investing in or financing private prisons; S.2040, which would require money transmitters to provide a consumer warning; S.5473, which would require disclosures in advertisements involving virtual tokens; and S.8406, Sanders’ bill to amend the community bank deposit program. Each bill was moved and approved by committee, with S.8406 passing unanimously. The committee then heard from Caitlin Azar, Acting Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), who outlined her background and DFS priorities. She emphasized affordability, consumer protection, stability, and innovation, and discussed DFS-led initiatives in the governor’s budget, including Banking Development Districts, non-bank mortgage CRA regulations, CDFI investment guidance, and consumer restitution. She also said DFS plans to issue buy-now-pay-later regulations in February, expand student lending protections and borrower education, and continue work on insurance affordability, including auto and homeowners insurance reforms, anti-fraud efforts, and discounts tied to telematics, dash cameras, and safe-driving courses. Members questioned Azar about the balance between regulation and access, especially in crypto, buy-now-pay-later, and insurance markets. She said DFS aims to preserve competition while preventing discriminatory or excessive practices, and described existing oversight of virtual currency, including coordination with federal regulators. Another member asked about AI in auto insurance underwriting and pricing; Azar said DFS requires transparency, bias review, governance controls, and consumer recourse, and that credit scores cannot be used to deny or increase rates. The chair also raised concerns about foreclosure in Southeast Queens, improving BDD paperwork and data collection, and increasing the number of state-chartered credit unions. Azar said DFS is working on process improvements, community input, and maintaining open communication with the committee, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken during the DFS hearing.