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• Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve.
• Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve. approve. approve.
• I entertain a motion for the approval of 25-265. >> So moved.
• Seeing none, I entertain a motion for adoption of 26-33.
• for</c><01:05:38.760><c> conditional</c> I entertain a motion for conditional I entertain a motion for

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, approving the minutes and consent calendar, then moved to the regular calendar of administrative rules. Department of Energy rule 25-220 was postponed until June at the sponsor’s request so stakeholders would have more time to review revised language. Several Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid-related rules were then considered, including 25-240, 25-265, and 26-33, each of which drew staff comments mainly about expired rule provisions and the agencies’ reliance on federal law, the Medicaid state plan, or other manuals. The committee approved those rules after brief questions, with the agencies stating they were already operating under the relevant federal or state-plan authority and, in one case, that rulemaking was underway to update an expired citation. The most extended discussion was on HHS Bureau of Aging rule 25-304, which had an amended conditional approval request. Staff explained the amendments clarified how case management agencies accept or deny cases, how telehealth participation is evaluated, and that the department sets the timing for accepting or denying cases under its existing authority. Staff also noted a separate issue about whether reimbursement rates must be in rule, but said the agency had long interpreted the statute to allow its approach and that any change would likely require legislation rather than committee objection. A provider representative testified against parts of the rule, arguing the case management agencies should not be required to accept referrals before contacting the participant, that telehealth decisions for other providers should remain with those providers, and that the quality-management section was duplicative and burdensome. Committee members questioned whether the telehealth language merely allowed case managers to say a service fit the client’s plan or instead gave them authority over another provider’s delivery method. The agency responded that case managers may determine what services an individual needs, but should not control how another licensed provider delivers those services. The discussion continued with no final action shown in the excerpt.

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• States and local districts already what?
• In my district alone, over overnight.
• c><00:33:42.080><c> they've</c> district in Northern California, they've district in Northern California
• </c><03:21:25.359><c> So,</c><03:21:25.520><c> I</c> district, too. I get it. So, I district, too.
• </c> hard and fight hard for their districts. hard and fight hard for their districts.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm the state senator from the Second District.
• Uh, so at this time I'd entertain a motion on the sub. I'll make the motion on the sub.
• At this time, seeing no other questions, I'd entertain a motion on the bill.
• </c><00:36:51.359><c> We</c> I'd entertain a motion on the bill.
• We I'd entertain a motion on the bill.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The representative and senator from District 1, where Kaʻū and the Big Island stand proud in the history
• At this time, we're going to set up for the musical entertainment and let those on my left and right
• the musical entertainment and let uh<01:11:02.640><c> those</c><01:11:02.840><c> on</c><01:11:03.000
• So we have about four minutes of business, and then we'll take a brief recess to have our entertainer
• So we have about four minutes of business, and then we'll take a brief recess to have our entertainer

Keywords: Order of the Day: PENDING, 912, senate, all

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• He is a former resident of District 2, and he's a grassroots engagement director for a local nonprofit
• A national leader in environmental services, Republic Services proudly calls Legislative District 4 home
• , the best district.
• SB 1160, drones entertainment districts prohibition.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Because the school districts are political subdivisions.
• First of all, I want to mention as someone who had school districts, school buildings in my district,
• Ambulance and fire districts?” “Bill population, yeah.” “Ambulance and fire districts?
• “Yeah, I don’t know if they go down to a level of like an ambulance district or fire district or school—well
• Okay, and so, not in my district, but near my district, at one point we had a huge Chrysler plant.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And other members who are at district events today. I'll turn things over to my Senate Chair.
• concluded that work necessary to administer certain licenses, particularly those to sell alcohol, entertainment

Bills: H5332 , H5333 , H5358 , H5364 , H5365 , H5379 , H5387 , H5388 , H5416 , S3055

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Keywords: mayor vacancy, Holyoke, city council, election procedures, municipal governance, residency requirement, elected officials, local government, citizenship, charter amendment, municipal lien, local charges, property tax, nonpayment, Newton, residency requirements, municipal regulation, elected office, Falmouth, Licensing Commission

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• I represent District 4A, Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton, and Shoreview.
• I represent District 66, which includes parts of St.
• </c> Clark, I represent uh Senate District Clark, I represent uh Senate District 60,<00:03:55.440><c>
• Moving to the district lease costs.
• </c><01:03:46.720><c> business</c> massage and adult entertainment business massage and adult entertainment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Obviously, I'm willing to entertain those conversations.
• And so I do want local districts to have the flexibility, but do you share that concern at all?
• In my district, we have one, maybe two, and it's just a few that are just, mind-boggling that these..
• But the majority, again, the majority of our schools—I only have eight schools in my district—but six
• I looked at our district where my kids go, and they have a six-page kind of thing that they created in

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several education-related bills. HB 4359 would require statewide assessments to be administered between May 1 and the end of May starting in the 2026-27 school year; members discussed whether schools that end earlier might need flexibility, and the bill passed 11-9. HB 4115 would raise the allowable professional development cap for educators from 150 to 200 hours over five years without mandating additional training; the sponsor said it would give local districts more discretion, and it passed 10-0. HB 3467 would amend maternity leave for school teachers to include adoption of newborn children under four years old, and it passed 10-0. The committee also considered HB 2978, with a proposed committee substitute, dealing with school library materials and community standards. The sponsor said the bill was aimed at removing obscene material from school libraries, not at banning books generally, and members questioned how it would affect librarians, AP coursework, and whether it could sweep in works with literary or educational value. The sponsor said the bill would not affect bookstores or online retailers, only access through taxpayer-funded school libraries, and the bill passed 10-0. Later, the committee heard HB 3026, which would require districts to adopt a kindergarten starting-age policy with an exception for certain military families returning from overseas so children are not held back unnecessarily; it passed 10-0. HB 32, also with a committee substitute, would require families to complete or opt out of a child nutrition program form annually as part of enrollment to improve data collection and funding, while exempting schools already covered by federal CEP rules; the sponsor said the measure could help recover lost funding, and it passed 8-2. The chair also noted HB 4277 would be laid over, and the meeting ended with a short presentation to follow.

Transcript Highlights:

• what is easy, not right by our egos or whims, but in your truth, for the people we serve, for our districts
• Uh, please excuse Representative Kerwin because of important business in the district on motion of Representative
• Please excuse Representative Schofield because of important business in the district on motion of Representative
• It's in my district, and we're here to celebrate today.
• He faithfully represented our district, House District 14, since 2011 until his retirement last year.

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• But, in your truth, for the people we serve, for our districts we represent, and for our communities
• Members, please excuse Representative Kerwin because of important business in the district.
• Please excuse Representative Schofield because of important business in the district.
• My district and we're here to celebrate today.
• He faithfully represented our district house district 14 since 2011 until his retirement last year.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• My name is Doug Pickett, and I'm from Oakley, and I represent District 27, which is Cassia, Oneida, and
• Representative Chris Bruce, District 23, which is South Canyon, South Ada, and all of Owyhee.
• Lori Den Hartog, State Senator, District 22.
• I'd entertain a motion to introduce or approve. Approve. Representative Raibley. Mr.

Summary: The House Revenue and Taxation Committee met on February 9, 2026, and first considered RS 33219, which would allow people serving religious missions to retain their homestead exemption while away from their home, so long as they intend to return as their primary residence. Representative Doug Pickett explained the proposal as a parity measure with military service members. Members asked about verification, annual application requirements, and what happens if the person does not return. The committee moved to introduce the RS and approved it by voice vote. The committee then took up RS 33148, a proposal from Representative Chris Bruce and Senator Lori Den Hartog to narrow the sales tax exemption for data centers. The bill would limit the exemption to specified equipment, remove construction materials from the exemption, and prevent a data center from receiving both the sales tax exemption and a property tax exemption on the same facility. Sponsors said the change was intended to correct unintended breadth in the current law and address related water and electricity concerns. After brief discussion about tax fairness, the committee voted to introduce the RS. Finally, the committee heard docket 3501-2-2-2501 from the Idaho State Tax Commission, with clarification from the Division of Financial Management about rulemaking categories and the use of temporary rules. The commission explained edits to the rule text, including moving some material into sales and use tax examples and clarifying yard sales versus small sellers. The committee then approved the docket by voice vote and adjourned, noting it would not meet the next day.

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• Is intended to prevent property tax increase in our local districts.
• districts get less.
• It gets lower and lower and the small districts get less.
• We all represent our districts here.
• Representative Dale Hawkins, Legislative District 2.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee heard several RS introductions related to education and school funding. Representative Harris introduced RS 33225, described as the identical bill from last year’s accountability and spending measure, and after brief discussion about vouchers versus tax credits and accountability for state funds, the committee voted to introduce it. Representative Heather Scott introduced RS 33298, which would require the Professional Standards Commission to report any allegations involving suspected criminal behavior to law enforcement; the committee approved introduction. Representative Galaviz presented RS 3309C2, aimed at preventing property tax increases by allowing school districts to use certain building maintenance funds for lease purchases instead of forcing taxpayers into new bonds for construction or deferred maintenance. The committee moved to introduce it, with a request for additional information later on how the proposal would affect small versus large districts. Representative Tanner then brought RS 32889, a bill to have the State Board of Education aggregate and report data on the costs of educating children of foreign aliens. Members raised questions about legal status categories, charter schools, privacy, and whether the proposal created an unfunded mandate. The sponsor agreed to strike a sentence in the statement of purpose, and the motion to introduce the RS with that amendment and to add charter schools to the reporting language passed. Representative Hawkins presented RS 32826, a proposed constitutional amendment on parental rights that would replace the compulsory education language with a statement that the right to educate children without government regulation outside public schools shall not be infringed. Members supported the measure, and the committee voted to introduce it. Afterward, there was a procedural dispute over whether the earlier amended motion on RS 32889 had been a vote to introduce the RS or only to approve clarifying language, but the chair ruled the matter closed and the committee moved on.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we'll entertain a motion...
• The local school district is particularly impacted by this.
• In particular, the local school district goes over a cliff.
• Water to our residents in our districts.
• And I'll tell you there is a... ...in Senator McNerney's district there's an irrigation district that

Summary: The committee heard several energy, water, and utility bills, with extensive testimony on cost, ratepayer impacts, and climate or reliability goals. SB 919 by Senator Grayson would extend the biomethane monetary incentive program through 2030 and support renewable natural gas development by reducing interconnection cost barriers. Supporters said RNG helps methane reduction and organic waste diversion, while opponents, including TURN and environmental groups, argued the bill could shift costs to ratepayers and subsidize combustion-based fuels, especially dairy digesters. The author said committee amendments removed the rate-basing provisions and instead urged the CPUC to act quickly on its pending decision; the bill was left for a later vote. SB 931 by Senator Laird would reauthorize the Diablo Canyon Community Impact Mitigation Program through 2030. Supporters said San Luis Obispo County and local schools rely on the funding for emergency preparedness and public safety, while TURN argued the extension would add about $47 million in statewide ratepayer costs and should instead be paid from existing PG&E deal revenues. Members discussed the bill as a continuation of the 2022 Diablo Canyon agreement, and the author said the measure simply restores the five years omitted from that deal. The committee also heard SB 1215 by Senator Cortese, which would direct the CPUC to set deployment targets for EV charging in multifamily housing. Supporters said renters and apartment residents are largely shut out of home charging, and that prior utility programs showed the model can be cost-effective and beneficial to ratepayers. The bill was amended to address affordability, ratepayer benefits, and limits on major system upgrades. SB 1295 by Senator Stern would create a framework for using distributed batteries and other local resources to solve grid constraints more cheaply than traditional infrastructure. Supporters said it could improve reliability and reduce costs by targeting batteries where they provide the most grid value, while utilities said they were open to continued discussion. SB 1359, also by Senator Stern, would require the CPUC to more carefully evaluate major gas infrastructure investments and alternatives such as electrification before approving new spending. Environmental groups supported the bill as a guardrail against stranded assets, while gas utilities opposed it, warning it could undermine the obligation to serve, create safety and reliability risks, and retroactively change the rules for approved investments. On water policy, SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide low-income water rate assistance program upon appropriation. Supporters said about 1.6 million households have water debt and that affordability is a statewide issue, not just a problem for disadvantaged communities. Some members raised concerns that the bill lacked a funding source and that state mandates, such as chromium-6 treatment requirements, already strain local water agencies; the author and supporters responded that the bill includes administrative caps and transparency measures and is intended to work alongside future funding. The committee then heard SB 1098 by Senator Pérez, which would restrict the use of utility memorandum and balancing accounts by requiring exceptional circumstances, adding sunset dates, and creating cost-sharing or lower-return rules for certain spending. TURN and other supporters said the accounts allow utilities to recover costs after the fact with too little discipline, while Edison and PG&E opposed the bill, arguing that some costs are unpredictable and that the CPUC already has a formal review process. SB 1125 was moved to Appropriations with a roll call, and the roll was left open for additional votes; the other measures were discussed with no final committee actions announced in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• They wrap it up as if it's entertainment and so on, but at its core it's a financial exchange.
• They wrap it up as if it's entertainment and so on, but at its core it's a financial exchange.
• It's harmless entertainment; that was the promise, and that has been the refrain.
• It’s just entertainment, like going to see a show or going to the movies. It normalizes it.
• It’s just entertainment, like going to see a show or going to the movies. It normalizes it.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm with the 92nd District. With me today is Tim Matthews, Worldwide Equipment.
• Um, it was entertaining today as well. So, I've enjoyed it. Thank you.
• Um it<00:20:47.280><c> was</c><00:20:47.400><c> entertaining</c><00:20:47.920><c> today</c><00:20:48.200
• </c><00:20:48.640><c> So,</c> it was entertaining today as well.
• So, it was entertaining today as well. So, I've<00:20:49.040><c> enjoyed</c><00:20:49.520><c> it.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, I represent District 66B, the northern neighborhoods of St. Paul.
• Article two also increased the amount that third-class cities could levy for musical entertainment and
• thirdass cities could level levy for thirdass cities could level levy for musical<00:09:15.920><c> entertainment
• </c><00:09:16.560><c> and</c><00:09:16.720><c> modified</c><00:09:17.120><c> the</c> musical entertainment
• and modified the musical entertainment and modified the interest<00:09:17.519><c> rate</c><00:09:17.760

Bills: HF9

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption

Transcript Highlights:

• districts get less.
• It gets lower and lower and the small districts get less.
• It says all public institutions of higher education and school districts.
• And so school districts, I just wanted to clarify, does not include charter schools.
• We all represent our districts here."

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The chair will entertain a motion to adopt the minutes of the January 8th meeting.
• And then if any members have any questions about it, you know, I'll be glad to entertain those.
• If not, we'll entertain a motion to file the report.
• This report is issued in response to requests from the 20th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney for
• This report has been forwarded to the 20th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney and the Attorney General

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Summary: The committee began with approval of the prior meeting minutes and then received updates on delinquent private water and sewer reports. Staff reported that 19 of 43 original entities for the 2022 reporting year had had turnback reinstated, while 24 remained in escrow; for the 2023 reporting year, 59 of 64 entities had filed, leaving five still outstanding. The committee also heard that Adona had come into substantial compliance with municipal accounting law, and it voted to file that report and discontinue withholding turnback. It then voted to start the 60-day clock and file the report for Gum Springs after hearing repeated findings involving budgeting, disbursements, payroll, and Act 833 funds, with city officials saying they had begun correcting records and were seeking help from the Municipal League and a city attorney. Fargo was deferred because the mayor was absent due to illness. The committee next considered Denning, where staff described repeated and serious accounting problems over 2022-2024, including unauthorized payments, missing documentation, weak payroll controls, and improper handling of funds. The mayor and recorder-treasurer said prior records were disorganized and that they were now working with an attorney, CPA help, and new software; the committee voted to start the 60-day clock and file the report. Green Forest’s report, involving a fixed-asset listing issue after the mayor’s death, was filed. Several private water and sewer reports were either filed or deferred depending on whether responses had been received, and the committee announced its March meeting would be held in Room 149 because of renovations. The committee then reviewed a series of referred reports involving alleged financial irregularities. In Elaine, the fire chief’s questionable purchases were referred and filed. In Strong, staff described undeposited garbage-bag receipts, improper payments for private dumpster service and other expenditures, payroll tax penalties, and deficit fund balances; the mayor said controls had been improved, but the committee deferred the report to March. The Faulkner County Fair Association report found undocumented cash withdrawals, questionable disbursements, and inadequately documented cash payments to a carnival vendor; the committee filed it. Brooklyn’s report involved a fraudulent direct-deposit change, and Mineral Springs’ report involved transfers from the cemetery fund, employee loans, overpayments, and travel reimbursement issues; both were filed. Additional reports included Rondo, where the recorder-treasurer explained missing computers and fuel purchases tied to personal vehicles, and the committee filed the report; Waldo, where the mayor had been overpaid due to extra biweekly payments, which was filed; Columbia County, where a floodplain management contract lacked an authorizing ordinance, which was filed; and several private water-system reports, some filed and others deferred for lack of responses. Carlisle’s report showed large but improving misstatements in financial records, and the committee filed it after hearing that new software and training had reduced prior problems. Caddo Valley’s report prompted a lengthy discussion about CDs and interest recognition; staff explained that principal balances should be reflected as city assets and interest should be recorded when earned or reported by the bank, and the report was filed. Prairie County’s budget overrun and road-fund issues were discussed at length, with the judge explaining equipment and weather-related costs and staff clarifying the distinction between road funds and locally approved sales-tax uses; the report was filed. Finally, the committee deferred a Cross County Rural Water Association matter after learning it had not filed with Legislative Audit since 2002-2003 despite receiving significant state funding, and members expressed concern about the long gap in filings.

Transcript Highlights:

• So I think we'll entertain a motion to adjourn. A second. Thank you.
• So I think we'll entertain a motion to adjourn. A second.
• Thank you. entertain a motion to adjourn a second okay all and all those commissioners in favor anyone

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology convened its fifth hearing, led by co-chairs Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Senator Michael Moore, with a quorum present. The co-chairs reviewed the commission’s charge to study emerging firearm technologies, including personalized firearms and microstamping, and to assess their feasibility, utility, legal issues, commercial availability, and potential costs and impacts in Massachusetts. They noted prior hearings on smart guns and microstamping and said this session was for public testimony. The only registered speaker was Matthew Nugent of Beverly, who urged the commission to recommend microstamping legislation. He argued that microstamping could help identify crime guns, solve shootings, and hold traffickers accountable by imprinting a unique code on cartridge casings when a firearm is fired. He cited other states, including New Jersey, California, and New York, as having adopted similar requirements and asked Massachusetts to follow suit. No other oral testimony was offered, though the co-chairs reminded the public that written testimony would continue to be accepted and posted for commissioners. Senator Moore thanked attendees for their input, and the commission then voted to adjourn without any substantive action or recommendations taken at the hearing.