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• We ensure we maintain order and run an efficient and fair hearing.
• And there will be no extra hoops that they must go through in order to get it approved.
• If it's on back order, it's on a national back order. It's just not available.
• Temporary Vice Chair Patterson.
• Temporary Vice Chair Patterson.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 1312 by Senator Richardson on abandoned endowed-care cemeteries. Richardson described vandalism, theft, and neglect at abandoned cemeteries and said the bill would define abandonment, create a process for local governments to declare a cemetery abandoned, and allow the Bureau to act as conservator of endowment funds. Support came from Marin County, while county and special district groups opposed or had concerns, arguing the bill could shift burdens to local governments or public cemetery districts without enough safeguards. Members expressed general support but noted the need for further work; the bill was discussed but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up SB 758 by Senator Umberg, which would restrict retail sales of nitrous oxide to curb misuse. Supporters, including the League of California Cities, narcotic officers, counties, pediatricians, and other local governments and health groups, said easy access at smoke shops and convenience stores has fueled recreational abuse and health harms. There was no opposition testimony, and members voiced strong support for a statewide approach over city-by-city bans. The bill was well received, with the author closing in support. Dr. Weber-Pierson presented SB 1094, a health care affordability bill on biosimilars and biologic substitution. The bill would allow pharmacists to substitute biosimilars under certain conditions, require advance notice to providers and patients, and add reporting on savings; the author said amendments would strengthen provider notice and preserve the ability to mark prescriptions “do not substitute.” Supporters from health plans, insurers, pharmacies, labor, business, and some provider groups argued the bill would lower costs and expand access. Opponents, including dermatology and rheumatology groups and biotech interests, warned about non-medical switching, prior authorization delays, and patient harm. After extensive discussion, the committee voted 13-0 to pass SB 1094 to the Committee on Health. The committee also passed SB 849 by Dr. Weber-Pierson, which would bar reinstatement of physicians who surrendered their licenses while a sexual misconduct accusation was pending. The Medical Board and California Medical Association were generally supportive or neutral, and members praised the bill’s patient-protection focus. SB 993 by Senator Ochoa Bogh, which limits routine disclosure of identifying information for mental health professionals in correctional and psychiatric settings while preserving complaint processes, also passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 1002 by Senator Niello, extending the David Hall Act to allow certain patients in remission to continue telehealth care with out-of-state specialists, drew strong patient support but opposition from the Medical Board and CMA over licensure and oversight concerns; the committee voted it out on a split roll with some members not voting. Finally, SB 1263 by Senator McGuire, aimed at protecting wildfire survivors and workers by requiring licensed, trained contractors for post-disaster residential debris removal, received support from labor and the Contractors State License Board, with contractors raising a narrower amendment concern about scope.

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• In order to facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we
• You have two bills, SB 849 and SB 1094, and we'll hear them in whatever order you prefer.
• If it's on back order, it's on a national back order. It's just not available.
• Temporary Vice Chair Patterson.
• Temporary Vice Chair Patterson.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That hard drive was under the lawsuit preservation order at the time.
• So, do you know if the DHS system that temporary trap was only, I think, up for a couple weeks?
• So, do you know if the DHS system that temporary trap was only, I think, up for a couple weeks?
• So, do you know if the DHS system that temporary trap was only, I think, up for a couple weeks?
• So, do you know if the DHS system that temporary trap was only, I think, up for a couple weeks?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The order is adopted.
• The order is adopted.
• The order is adopted.
• The order is adopted.
• The clerk will read the order. The clerk will read the order.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House of Representatives convened on January 1, 2025, for the opening of the 194th General Court. The session began with the call to order, invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and National Anthem, followed by remarks from the Dean of the House, Governor Maura Healey, and Speaker Ron Mariano. Speakers highlighted the historic nature of the new session, the approaching 250th anniversary of American independence, and priorities such as public service, transparency, and continued collaboration between the House, Senate, and administration. The House received and filed the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s communication transmitting election returns, then adopted a special committee report confirming that the members-elect had been duly elected. The chamber also accepted the resignation/declination of Representative-elect Gerald Paracela, who had been nominated to the District Court. A committee was appointed to notify the Governor that a quorum of members-elect had assembled and were ready to be sworn in, after which the Governor administered the oaths of office to the members. The House then elected Ronald Mariano of Quincy as Speaker by roll-call vote, with 132 votes; Bradley H. Jones Jr. received 21 votes, Mark T. Lombardo 4, and the total vote count was 157. Timothy Carroll of Hull was elected Clerk by acclamation and sworn in, and he announced the appointment of assistant clerks. The House also adopted temporary rules to continue the prior session’s House rules and temporary joint rules, and agreed to a Senate order scheduling a convention for the following day to administer oaths to the Governor’s Council. The session concluded with a benediction and adjournment until the next day at 11 a.m.

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• bill is returned herewith by by order bill is returned herewith by by order Nicole<00:04:43.680>
• special orders here. special orders here.
• House Bill 497, Delegate Simpson, Family Law Temporary and Final Protective Orders Duration.
• and final protective law temporary and final protective orders<00:20:46.400> duration.
• Anything else for the good of the order? Anything else for the good of the order?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, April 9, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate first outlined its plan to clear pending concurrence items, focusing on Senate bills with House amendments and not taking up unamended House bills. Members then approved several motions not to concur with House amendments, including Senate Bills 514, 626, and 866, with the clerk reading the formal Senate messages in each case. The chamber also addressed an excused-vote question, with the presiding officer explaining that excused votes do not count as missed votes. The Senate then concurred in House amendments and passed a series of Senate bills, including SB 11 on campaign finance reporting and the Fair Campaign Financing Fund, SB 164 on the Pamela J. Kelly Tree Maryland program, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees, SB 509 on workforce Pell Grant implementation, SB 553 reestablishing the lithium-ion battery safety commission, SB 581 on statewide technology master plan reporting, SB 670 on polling-place authority, SB 848 on municipal election reporting, and SB 940 on water quality testing. Most of these House amendments were described as technical, clarifying, or conforming changes, and each bill received the required constitutional majority on final passage. The chamber also took up House Bill 862, a rail safety bill requiring certain freight trains to have crews of at least two under specified interstate conditions. After questions from the minority leader about the bill’s trigger conditions and effect on an Eastern Shore rail line, a senator explained support for the measure and the bill passed with 33 affirmative votes. Additional special-order House bills passed as well, including HB 497 on protective order durations, HB 552 establishing a commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, and HB 573 on fair housing and discriminatory effect standards. Later, the Senate continued with more concurrence items from Finance, including SB 22 on Department of Disabilities housing programs, SB 412 on forensic review boards and community forensic aftercare, SB 413 on morticians and funeral directors board operations, SB 496 on Medicaid coverage for obesity treatment, SB 555 on dementia services and brain health resources, and SB 579 on no-cost preventive cancer screening for retired volunteer firefighters. These bills were generally amended in the House with clarifying or conforming changes, and the Senate adopted the amendments and passed the bills by constitutional majority.

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• The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures will come to order.
• The process is such that the executive director signs an enforcement. an excuse me an emergency order
• This has proven to be a very effective tool. orders issued so far and 46 establishments closed.
• Priority I'll mention is the temporary attachment of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
• Those retailers had ordered a substantial number.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• When a patient presents with pain, we offer a series of temporary fixes.
• They offer temporary relief but introduce a new problem.
• It's time to offer a cure for disability instead of just a temporary mask for the pain.
• of just a temporary mask for the pain. of just a temporary mask for the pain.
• <01:24:43.199> to different uh organizations in order to different uh organizations in order

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the November 12 minutes by voice vote, and then heard a presentation from former Governor Ernie Fletcher and Dave Johnson on Medicaid reimbursement for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Fletcher argued that addiction should be treated as a chronic disease requiring a longer continuum of care, not just short residential stays, and said recovery should combine clinical treatment with social supports such as housing, transportation, employment, peer coaching, and recovery housing. He cited data on overdose trends, low treatment rates, and high costs for people with SUD, and said current reimbursement models create poor incentives and do not adequately support long-term recovery or measure outcomes well. Fletcher proposed a “carve through” model administered at the MCO level with standardized metrics, data sharing, and an independent recovery coordinator that would assess patients, coordinate care, and connect them to clinical and social recovery services. He suggested using bundled payments, shared savings, and partial risk arrangements, with recovery housing reimbursed on a PMPM or weekly basis and funded in part through existing Medicaid spending and other sources such as opioid abatement funds. He also emphasized peer support, telemedicine, criminal justice coordination, workforce and education supports, and the use of technology, including text messaging and possibly AI, to maintain long-term follow-up and identify relapse risk. Members questioned how the model would work in practice, especially the education and staffing requirements for recovery coordinators, reimbursement levels, and how many patients each coordinator or peer would serve. Fletcher said peers could be certified and would need additional training in assessments such as ASAM and recovery residence standards, but he did not give a precise salary figure, saying the market and bundled rates would determine that. He also said follow-up should continue for years, noting relapse risk over the first 18 to 24 months and that meaningful employment and ongoing peer contact help sustain recovery. No formal vote or action was taken on the substance use presentation.

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• to bill for Medicaid um in the order to bill for Medicaid um in the past<00:04:59.240> year<00
• Christians are required to participate in Christian-based programming in order to participate.
• in christian-based programming in order in christian-based programming in order to<00:15:57.839>
• reconsideration of a correction order reconsideration of a correction order has<00:44:00.599>
• make up 25% of the budget yet in order make up 25% of the budget yet in order we're<00:58:11.920

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• assistance is temporary, let's go ahead and implement a state program that's not temporary," I would
• I don't really know what it looks like, like in an office ordering DoorDash for every meal.
• Maybe we've got to spend a whole lot more money with software in order to help our employees out.
• I think we need all of it, I guess, in order to be successful, just like we have done.
• There is a handout on LHS priorities, and this is in no particular order.

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• This one is also temporary for tax years 2025 to 2028, creating a new temporary deduction for seniors
• However, we do not conform to this, so this is just at the federal level for a temporary deduction for
• Co-Chair, with regards to the impact of Medicaid, I remember when we had the TANF reform, Temporary Assistance

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• The House will come back to order.
• will proceed out of order for the consideration of resolutions. >> Mr.
• And I think that says that we don't have our priorities in order.
• And I think that says that we don't have our priorities in order.
• we do $5 million from a temporary we do $5 million from a temporary temporary<01:47:41.119> let

Keywords: 981, all

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• I call the committee to order. We have a quorum present.
• In order to make this participants do.
• In order to make this possible,<00:06:34.720> I<00:06:34.960> request<00:06:35.360>
• <00:15:37.040> for products that are uniquely ordered for products that are uniquely ordered
• <01:31:54.880> to don't have enough uh and so in order to don't have enough uh and so in order

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Senate will come to order. The clerk will call a roll.
• The Senate will not come to order.
• That will be the order.
• That will be the order.
• That will be the order. It will be changes.

Bills: SB1238, SB1277, SB1304, SB1378, SB1423, SB1484, SB1501, SR32, SB1502, SB1721, SB1735, SB1832, SB1847, SB1859, SB1876, SB2170, SB2182

Keywords: domestic abuse, domestic violence, assault and battery, strangulation, intimate partner violence, family or household member, repeat offender, felony enhancement, Class B5 felony, stalking, batterers intervention program, court-ordered treatment, protective order, presence of a child, pregnant victim, great bodily injury, animal cruelty, cockfighting, dogfighting, sex offender registration

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• The House General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 flooding events will now come to order.
• the chair now calls the Senate General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 flooding events to order
• Yonkey's orders and evacuated their campers up hills, there could have been 20, 30, 50 more.
• So if you had a temporary injunction, would that stop them from having kids show up on June 1st?
• You have direct language which gives you your marching orders.” “Do you agree?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Um, last year the legislature imposed a temporary cap on the tuition and recognized tuition and fees
• <00:03:01.280> cap the legislature imposed a temporary cap the legislature imposed a temporary
• <01:29:14.719> and caps, this is a temporary and caps, this is a temporary and challenging
• I think this is temporary. We are going to have to fix a state grant.
• It is we are going to have to temporary.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 4252 and first heard a walkthrough of a DE2 amendment that largely incorporated Office of Higher Education technical and statutory cleanup items, including reporting consolidations, updates to postsecondary registration and licensing statutes, and an anti-fraud provision. New provisions in the DE2 would require public postsecondary institutions to explain developmental courses before enrollment and obtain a written acknowledgement, revise the state grant tuition cap, add a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation in FY 2027 for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and provide $5,000 one-time funding for reforestation at Bemidji State University. Fiscal staff also noted additional special revenue fund revenue and expenditures tied to licensing and registration litigation response. The main debate centered on the A8 amendment offered by Representative Rarick, which would require the governor to appoint University of Minnesota regents only from candidates recommended by the joint legislative committee if the legislature fails to elect regents. Rarick argued the amendment was needed to address what he described as conflicts of interest and pay-to-play concerns in recent gubernatorial appointments. Several members questioned whether the language was constitutional, whether it actually addressed conflicts of interest, and whether it should instead refer to ARCAC-screened or ARCAC-recommended candidates. Nonpartisan staff said the governor’s appointment power is addressed in the university charter, not directly in the constitution, but could not definitively assess constitutionality if challenged. Members were divided: some supported the goal of cleaner governance but said the amendment was not ready or did not match the problem being described; others argued the legislature had failed to complete its own regent appointments and that the amendment was a response to that failure. No vote on the A8 amendment or the bill was reached in the portion provided, though a roll call was requested on the amendment and the chair indicated the bill would continue through amendment consideration before final discussion and vote.

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• CBD order was discontinued per policy.
• CBD order was discontinued per policy.
• CBD order was discontinued per policy.
• CBD order was discontinued per policy.
• <00:57:01.720> um while on vacation or temporary um while on vacation or temporary um temporary

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• And all this amendment does is remove that whole second section about temporary licensure.
• There has been u temporary lensure.
• So it takes out the temporary licensing piece. >> Yep. >> At the board member.
• And I've even, with all due respect, seen Public Utilities Commission orders that were in part vague
• seen public utilities commission orders seen public utilities commission orders that<00:32:10.720

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• [Music] I order this hearing of the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee Wednesday, February 19th, at 9:07
• Department<00:07:35.560> of Section 530 was adopted by Congress in 1979 as a one-year temporary
• Congress in 1979 as a one-year temporary Congress in 1979 as a one-year temporary Safe<00:10:05.360
• <00:36:39.480> to through all these gymnastics in order to through all these gymnastics in
• order to preserve<00:36:40.400> the<00:36:40.640> value<00:36:41.520> of<00:36:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It does not violate that executive order.
• What kind of implication does an executive order have?
• Executive orders have... Executive orders have been completely ignored in the past.
• That driver can ignore the out-of-service order.
• Two, they ignore the out-of-service order.

Bills: HB2056, HB2057, HB2224, HB2257, HB2265, HB2311, HB2352, HB2367, HB2369, HB2446, HB2532, HB2592, HB2752, HB2809, HB2957

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement

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• [Music] We will gavel the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee to order.
• And Public Safety Committee to order. Today is February 7, 2025.
• They could be in different orders, but that's where it consistently shows up.
• <00:19:34.240> to additional accommodations in in order to additional accommodations in in
• <00:20:46.960> reasonable denying temporary reasonable denying temporary reasonable accommodations

Keywords: 1187, senate, all