Transcript Highlights:

• The original application to merge was declined, but they are going to reapply.
• Now, it is true that the STB could reject the second application.
• Now, it is true that the STB could reject the second application.
• And if it says electronic, I don't know if we need to clarify that.
• Can we accept an electronic signature or electronic conversation with this? Because it...

Summary: The committee opened its third interim meeting with roll call, approved the November 13, 2025 minutes, and the chair reviewed prior committee work, including a denied request for a fertilizer-capacity study and a planned later discussion of the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger issue. Commissioner Doug Goring then presented Department of Agriculture updates on uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, the state’s irrigation potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and supply in North Dakota. Members asked about funding sources, fertilizer storage and availability, natural gas and water needs for future fertilizer plants, and how the model zoning website would help counties and townships apply setback and odor tools. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the department is proposing changes to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and updated hydrologic data, while still limiting the model to direct, demonstrable costs and benefits. He said the goal is to make the analysis more realistic and consistent without changing statute, and he provided examples of how project benefits could change as drains age or as rainfall and flood data evolve. Committee members and water-user representatives generally supported continued work on the proposal, while raising concerns about downstream impacts, closed-basin projects, and whether the changes would meaningfully affect project approvals. The committee then heard from John Paskowski, state engineer, on Devil’s Lake, the West End and East End outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. He reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow limits, and explained that the control structure is intended to prevent a catastrophic uncontrolled release by slowing erosion and head cutting. Members asked about water quality trends, the length of the downstream flow constraint, and whether the Tolna Coulee area had been studied for possible natural overflow or silt buildup. The discussion emphasized ongoing flooding concerns, mitigation for affected landowners, and the need to balance outlet operations with downstream water quality and infrastructure protection.

Transcript Highlights:

• I records are done electronically today.
• filing and electronic timekeeping.
• filing and electronic timekeeping.
• <04:15:47.359> filing<04:15:47.920> and<04:15:48.239> electronic electronic filing
• and electronic electronic filing and electronic timekeeping.<04:15:50.000> Those<04:15:50.319

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Reminder to please silence any and all electronic devices.
• A reminder to please silence any and all electronic devices.
• If you have applications like in an airplane or on a cruise ship, we have OISLs, obstacle inter-satellite
• If you have applications like in an airplane or on a cruise ship, we have OISL's obstacle inter-satellite
• And then our Leo Ultra is really, you know, for bandwidth-intensive applications: commercial, government

Summary: The committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and heard a series of presentations focused on Florida’s space and aerospace industry. Blue Origin’s Anna Spencer described the company’s Florida operations at Rocket Park, including New Glenn manufacturing and launch activities, Blue Moon lunar lander work, workforce development, and recent booster recovery and launch milestones. Amazon’s Beth Cooley presented an update on Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper), outlining the satellite broadband network, customer terminals, dark skies mitigation efforts, Florida facilities and jobs, and launch plans; members asked about RV/mobile applications, satellite counts, and the role of fiber, but no action was taken. Starcatcher Industries CEO Andrew Rush then described his company’s effort to create an orbital energy grid that beams power to satellites to extend mission life and increase available power, citing demonstrations in Jacksonville and Cape Canaveral and plans for a first satellite launch next year. Space Florida CEO Rob Long gave a strategic update on the state’s aerospace sector, citing billions in private investment, hundreds of projects in the pipeline, the leverage of state spaceport funding, workforce and university programs, and the need for additional tools and infrastructure to keep Florida competitive. He emphasized growth in launch activity, manufacturing, research, and military support infrastructure, and said Space Florida would bring forward legislative proposals. Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro delivered the strongest policy message of the meeting, warning that KSC’s aging infrastructure and relatively smaller NASA budget share could cause Florida to lose aerospace leadership to states like Texas unless the state strengthens its partnership, research investment, and infrastructure support. Members questioned her about federal restrictions on commercial investment in common-use infrastructure, the need for more state-federal alignment, and how Florida can preserve its role as the launch capital of the world. After the presentations and questions, Senator Burgess moved to adjourn, there was no objection, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The authority for DHS to deny licensure applications or temporarily suspend a license for individuals
• To be eligible for medical assistance, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have a Medicaid-qualified
• At renewal, Medicaid agencies are required to first check electronic data sources to see if they can
• The use of these electronic data sources ...helps improve the accuracy of eligibility determination,
• They corroborate the information provided by the individual at application and annual renewal.

Transcript Highlights:

• The jobs are changing from what used to be paper clerks, just people filing papers and applications,
• Wouldn't you generally need more disc drives or more, you know, storage, electronic storage equipment
• the fees that we charge for applications the fees that we charge for applications and<05:41:01.280
• the department to serve notice electronically when both parties give express consent to receive electronically
• <05:52:41.920> even difficulty issuing electronically even difficulty issuing electronically

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

Transcript Highlights:

• Instead of letting counties do it piece by piece for the applicants, uh, for the official application
• In Tarrant County we have electronic poll books.
• , the person has to read the application and then fill it out.
• at us of why are we sending them a voter registration application?
• Applications and things like that, so.

Bills: HB304

Keywords: franchise tax credit, food desert, grocery store, healthy corner store, nutrition assistance, economic development, public health

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:13:05.519> to rather than asking applicants to rather than asking applicants to repeatedly
• <00:13:11.320> so which was a strain for applicants so which was a strain for applicants so
• facility developing our new electronic facility developing our new electronic case<00:32:55.519>
• effort um in the purple our electronic effort um in the purple our electronic case<00:35:26.680>
• <02:10:24.960> case out of our new electronic case out of our new electronic case management

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 House Finance Committee opened a work session and announced scheduling updates, including a second Medicaid work session on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. and a reminder that recommendations or budget amendments must be moved to the full finance committee by the end of March. Members were told no motions, roll calls, or votes would be taken, and the chair also reviewed upcoming meeting dates and weather-related cancellation procedures. The day’s presentation was a budget work session on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), with officials Marie Nunan and Nathan White introducing the agency’s budget materials and mission. DCYF’s presentation focused on its core mandates and recent operational changes. Officials described child protective services, juvenile justice services, and the Sununu Youth Services Center, then highlighted workforce improvements, including reduced vacancy rates for assessment caseworkers, juvenile justice officers, and youth counselors. They attributed the staffing gains to legislative pay raises, mass recruitment posting changes, a more stable and trauma-informed model at SYC, and broader flexibility after prior budget cuts and hiring freezes. Members asked about full-time versus part-time staffing, and DCYF said most positions discussed were full-time, with some harder-to-fill part-time youth counselor roles at SYC. The committee also discussed DCYF’s emphasis on serving families earlier through its Community Navigator hotline referrals and community-based voluntary services, which are intended to connect families to supports before abuse or neglect escalates. Officials said the Community Navigator program had received 807 referrals since August 2023. On juvenile justice, DCYF described its assessment and diversion process and said it had reduced juvenile probation involvement by 30% from 2019 to 2023; members were directed to slide 17 for 2024 data, and officials said the trend continued toward fewer in-home juvenile justice cases. The agency also reported progress in kinship care, saying initial out-of-home placements with kin now occur 74% of the time and that kinship placements are associated with more reunification. Officials said kinship caregivers are being licensed and paid similarly to foster parents, and that the legislature’s kinship law has helped. Finally, DCYF outlined transition-age youth supports, including the HOPE program, Youth Villages LifeSet, and housing vouchers. No votes or formal actions were taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:52:26.800> data 28 and 29 to improve electronic data 28 and 29 to improve electronic data
• Paper trackbooks and electronic copies of trackbooks were excluded at the request of county recorders
• Paper trackbooks and electronic<01:09:39.040> copies<01:09:39.359> of<01:09:39.520>
• trackbooks<01:09:40.159> were electronic copies of trackbooks were electronic copies of trackbooks
• Specifically, we're recommending limitation of the application to real property records that are made

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• existing law and what it does, a person commits the crime of doxing if she or he intentionally electronically
• Supervision determined by the Board of Pardons and Paroles may include electronic monitoring and patient
• <00:30:35.600> monitoring parole may include electronic monitoring parole may include electronic
• would be subject to<00:51:23.920> strict<00:51:24.319> scrutiny<00:51:25.200> application
• <00:51:26.079> on<00:51:26.319> the to strict scrutiny application on the to strict

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• difficulty application may be difficulty may<00:45:48.200> be<00:45:48.280> difficult.
• of promoting an illegal electronic of promoting an illegal electronic gambling<01:26:56.720>
• Specifically, the definition of illegal electronic gambling device.
• <01:27:51.320> And illegal electronic gambling device.
• And illegal electronic gambling device.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 3123, which would treat free tuition or school-conditioned enrollment at private educational institutions as a conditional gift rather than a contractual obligation unless otherwise agreed in writing. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, and Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools strongly backed it, saying it would protect donor intent, preserve school-ohana relationships, and help maintain tuition assistance and educational access for families. A committee member commented favorably on the unity among school organizations, and there were no objections raised before the committee moved on. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2438, which creates a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats, intimidation, or coercion, with private and government enforcement options and protections for constitutionally protected speech. Testifiers from the Community Alliance on Prisons and a know-your-rights educator supported the measure as a civil rights protection grounded in the Hawaii Constitution. No opposition testimony was presented during the hearing, and the measure appeared to receive general support from those who testified. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 3142, which establishes offenses for dangerous and habitual dangerous intoxication and allows civil protective custody and emergency examination in lieu of arrest in certain cases. The Attorney General, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of Health, and Department of Human Services supported the bill as a treatment-oriented diversion tool for people who are dangerously intoxicated and at risk to themselves or the public. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, warning it could expand police discretion, burden emergency rooms, and function as a loss of liberty without sufficient treatment resources, while committee members questioned whether the bill would simply cycle people through emergency rooms and back onto the street. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the chair said decision-making would occur at the end of the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
• THE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FILED PETITIONS CHALLENGING DEPARTMENTS AND DEBTS CHALLENGING THE DEPARTMENT
• 90 DAYS TO RESOLVE DEFICIENCIES BUT NO OTHER APPLICANTS WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR DEFICIENCIES.
• IF THERE WAS A LICENSING WINDOW FOR 22 TREATMENTS WE RECEIVED ANY FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 20 TO LICENSES
• WE HAD 28 APPLICANTS FILED PETITIONS CHALLENGING THEIR DENIAL AND IS STILL PENDING.

Transcript Highlights:

• Please silence your electronic devices. We have a quorum, sir. Thank you, Marilyn.
• Please silence your electronic devices, and if you wish to speak to the committee, you should fill out
• The amendment would limit the application of the bill to electric vehicles involved in a crash that results
• It authorizes FDOT to require local governments to submit applications for federal transportation funding
• It authorizes FDOT to coordinate with local governments to develop and review applications for federal

Bills: S0260, S1220, S1352, S1362, S1370

Keywords: electric vehicle, EV, battery fire, lithium-ion battery, towing, wrecker service, vehicle storage, submerged vehicle, saltwater damage, fire marshal, fire safety, tow yard, impound, storage fee, administration fee, local ordinance, county ordinance, municipal ordinance, insurance coverage, motor vehicle insurer

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. Senator Harrell described the bill as a framework for vertiports and eVTOL aircraft, but an amendment removed the sales tax exemptions and narrowed the sovereign immunity provisions to vertiports co-located at airports. Supporters said the bill would help Florida lead in emerging aviation technology, while opponents and some members raised concerns about safety, local control, and extending immunity to unproven facilities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered SB 260 on storage of damaged electric vehicles. The bill, as amended, would allow local governments to set a daily administrative fee of up to three times the normal rate for storing EVs with visible battery damage or saltwater intrusion, reflecting fire-safety spacing requirements. Testimony from insurers, towing interests, and fleet operators focused on whether the fee was justified, whether cleanup language could lead to cost shifting, and whether more data reporting should be required. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 1352, which creates a secure online portal for license plate seizures and related DMV functions, preserves disabled veterans’ plate designations, prohibits license plate covers that obscure plates, and routes online license and ID renewals through county tax collectors. SB 1370 was also reported favorably; it closes a loophole so drivers who never obtained a license can still face habitual traffic offender penalties after repeated offenses. Finally, the committee took up SB 1220, a broad FDOT transportation package. After amendment, it retained provisions on trails, SunTrail, seaports, airports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicle protections, and FDOT coordination on federal funding, while removing the digital driver’s license provision and the rapid rail compact language. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members of the public who would like to submit comments electronically should refer to the public POTUS
• Instead of annual submissions, they would, the landlord would be required to submit an application every
• They will have, uh, up to 1 year to file a late application for special appraisal without being subject
• It also allows for the property owner and or agents to use electronic products such as DocuSign to, uh
• The applicants, applications to serve on boards of directors, those, uh, candidacy applications, potentially

Bills: HB148, HB203, HJR30

Keywords: HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, ad valorem tax

Transcript Highlights:

• We reviewed those applications.
• . application. application.
• That was our applications first.
• flooded the application process? flooded the application process?
• The application fee was $10,000.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 Approval of June 4, 2026 Minutes 00:03:09 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Medical Cannabis 00:03:38 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Bourbon 01:41:03, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• including economic and electronic including economic and electronic warfare,<03:56:31.439> command
• transparency around license application transparency around license application information<04:26
• 27:17.760> BIS number of license applications BIS number of license applications BIS receives<
• 34:55.520> conducted<06:34:56.000> as electronic votes will be conducted as electronic
• This their votes by electronic device.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The Senate position is allows an applicant who resides in the same county of which an exam station is
• who resides in uh allows an applicant who resides in the<00:57:34.640> same<00:57:34.880>
• <01:05:33.520> exceed<01:05:34.480> uh the total number of applicants exceed uh the
• This authorization to use electronic attestation also stems from a MnDOT policy bill.
• authorization to use electronic authorization to use electronic attestation<01:07:29.839> for

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:29:10.159> for delays contracts and applications for delays contracts and applications
• [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote sound
• ] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote
• sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic
• vote sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic vote sound] [Unintelligible / applause or electronic

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Tenes will now be recorded by electronic roll call. Thank you.
• Attendance will now be recorded by electronic roll call. Thank you. Paging Senator Kavanagh.
• SB 1221, tax laws interpretation application hearing.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer and pledge, then recorded attendance, approved the journal, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including CRNAs for Capital Day, rural electric cooperative representatives, AEA Retired members, March of Dimes participants, students, and other visitors. The invocation focused on faith, courage, and the need for just laws, and several senators used personal privilege to introduce guests and highlight causes such as public education, maternal and infant health, and the Equal Rights Amendment. The body then moved through a lengthy calendar of second-reading bills, covering a wide range of topics including child welfare and DCS procedures, public school safety, health care and insurance, groundwater and water supply, tax and appropriations measures, housing and HOA issues, elections and campaign protections, criminal justice, firearms, abortion-related measures, and transportation projects. The transcript primarily reflects bill titles being read rather than debate on substance, and no floor votes on those measures are shown in the excerpt. The Senate also received a large set of first-reading bills and committee referrals, including measures on motor vehicle booting fees, EMS reciprocity, election procedures, physician assistant licensure, mental health hearings, assisted living, Alzheimer’s planning, safe haven providers, short-term rentals, fire district formation, correctional officer contributions, and several appropriations items. After the readings and routine announcements, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed until Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 10, State Highway Administration speed monitoring systems application approval.
• application approval. application approval.
• > adds<01:15:33.240> additional the bill applicability, adds additional the bill applicability
• And does it loosen the application of the laws that applies to exterior signage?
• Recognizing the minority whip, minority leader. electronic smoking devices enforcement electronic smoking

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, quorum call, and a brief visit from Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, who thanked delegates for their work on the budget and legislation. The chamber then handled several conference committee and Senate messages, including House Bill 153 on residential rental apartment air conditioning requirements. The conference report changed the bill from four to 10 units, removed preemption language, and required existing units with air conditioning to keep it; the report was adopted and the bill passed on third reading with 90 affirmative votes. The House also took up a number of Senate bills on third reading. Among those passed were measures on digital asset and blockchain task force establishment, franchise registration and disclosure law changes, professional licensing portability for foreign service members and spouses, medical cannabis protections for fire and rescue employees, workers’ compensation presumptions for Carroll County correctional deputies, speed monitoring systems approval timing, veterans cemeteries interment, motorcycle safety awareness in driver testing, IT investment fund uses, child care credential funding, school bus fire safety standards, local stop-sign monitoring pilot programs, stalking penalties, divorce records under the Public Information Act, local boards of elections qualifications, local sourcing database creation, and mutual insurance holding company conversions. Most passed overwhelmingly, though several drew notable dissent, including Senate Bills 10, 223, 439, 467, 757, 775, and 877. Members used vote-change time to shift positions on several bills, and the floor leader and committee chairs answered questions on the record. On Senate Bill 10, delegates discussed the bill’s “shot clock” for State Highway Administration responses to local speed camera requests; the chair later clarified that if State Highway does not act within 120 days, approval is deemed granted. On Senate Bill 775, the Judiciary chair explained that the bill requires destruction of firearms in gun buyback programs and serial-number checks to identify stolen or evidentiary firearms, with some firearms potentially returned if stolen. The House also adopted a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 949, which the floor leader said mirrors House Bill 1069 and would allow Maryland to count state-level ballots if federal action prevents counting federal ballots. The chamber also handled an amendment and conference committee process on Senate Bill 141 concerning election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, with the House and Senate appointing conferees after each declined to recede. Several bills were passed by large margins, including Senate Bills 46, 68, 85, 314, 371, 426, 480, 512, 654, 808, 968, and 982, while a few had narrower margins such as Senate Bills 443 and 757. No final adjournment or sine die action occurred in the excerpt.

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• adds that any application for a license or<01:17:26.200> registration<01:17:27.240> shall<
• Section five strengthens the commissioner's authority after application to revoke, suspend, terminate
• a section of the statute applicability a section of the statute in<01:22:19.960> connection<01
• Section 38 clarifies applicability of various provisions to include credit union.
• Section 45 codifies existing electronic Section 45 codifies existing electronic filing<01:28:10.080

Keywords: 927, senate, all