The House Committee of the Whole considered and reported multiple Senate bills with committee recommendations and standing committee amendments. Several measures received brief floor explanations and were advanced without extended individual debate.

Highlights from the session’s package:

- Senate File 127 (administrative rules, legislative review): The bill directs the Legislative Services Office to prepare regulatory-impact analyses for proposed "major rules," defines "major rule" with economic and social-impact thresholds and calls for a legislative management/audit interim study to assess implementation. The bill includes a $400,000 appropriation for two full-time LSO positions and a delayed start for the review process (language indicated review to begin July 1, 2026).

- Senate File 7 (protection-order amendments): The bill expands court-appointed legal representation for indigent victims under 21 and extends the hearing scheduling window on protection orders from 72 hours to up to 10 days; it also allows extended protection orders to be mailed to the respondent’s last-known mailing address in some circumstances.

- Senate File 8 (protection orders effective during appeal or review): A companion bill clarifies that protection orders remain in effect during an appeal or review unless the court stays the order.

- Senate File 179 (sage-grouse compensatory mitigation amendments): The bill authorizes the Land Board to amend rules to allow on-the-ground mitigation options—such as vegetation treatment or water projects—instead of mandatory purchase of mitigation credits in certain circumstances.

- Senate File 79 (change of venue in civil litigation): The bill allows courts to transfer cases filed in improper venue to the correct venue rather than dismissing and forcing refiling; it preserves original filing date to protect statute-of-limitations concerns and authorizes judicial-branch rulemaking.

- Senate File 39 (automatic transfer of motor vehicle title upon death): The bill creates a statutorily recognized recorded form to permit simple transfer of an automobile title at death without probate in some small-estate circumstances; the standing committee used conforming language and required a certified death certificate for transfer.

Other bills read and reported by committee included bills on small-business emergency loans (SF195—covered in a separate article), sage-grouse mitigation (SF179), trust and investment items, teacher certification (SF86), and appropriation-related bills. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted by the House and the enrolled acts signing and concurrence process followed later in the session.

Votes and formal actions: The Committee of the Whole read and reported multiple bills (see transcript committee report list). Where recorded tallies were announced during debate, they are noted in the individual bill articles (for example, SF98 and SF195 had recorded division votes or committee tallies). For the bills in this roundup, committee reports and standing-committee amendments were adopted as announced on the floor and the Committee of the Whole reported the bills do pass as listed.

Ending: Many bills were advanced by the Committee of the Whole in a single session, prompting several standing-committee and follow-up items and an interim study directive on the administrative-rules review measure. Lawmakers instructed staff to prepare rulemaking and fiscal clarifications as they proceed through the House process.