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• bill to allow law enforcement to arrest at polling locations for crimes against another person or property
• A 200-foot boundary frequently extends beyond the property controlled by the county at that location
• Counties cannot enforce electioneering rules on property they do not control.
• A 200-foot boundary frequently extends beyond the property controlled by the county at that location
• Counties cannot enforce electioneering rules on property they do not control.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• These are common in the commercial coverage space.
• So for one additional year, they would have coverage. Correct. Okay.
• One additional year they would have coverage. Okay.
• We have coverage for 94% of our residents.
• at all because you have coverage, but you can't see a doctor.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held the first of several hearings on the Governor’s May Revision for health care, with opening remarks focused on the state’s projected $12 billion deficit, looming federal Medicaid changes, and the potential impact on Medi-Cal, public health, reproductive health, and safety-net providers. Several members criticized the proposal as balancing the budget on vulnerable Californians, while others defended the need for cost containment and questioned the administration’s assumptions. The chair set ground rules for respectful, focused questioning and outlined three topics: the Medi-Cal proposals, Proposition 35, and Proposition 56. DHCS Director Michelle Baas presented the May Revision’s Medi-Cal package, saying the department’s budget totals $200.6 billion overall, including $45.2 billion General Fund, and that the proposals are intended to address rising caseloads, pharmacy costs, and managed care spending. She described proposed changes for adults with unsatisfactory immigration status, including a freeze on new full-scope enrollment for those 19 and older, $100 monthly premiums beginning in 2027, elimination of adult dental and long-term care coverage, removal of PPS/RAP payments to FQHCs and rural health clinics for that population, and a pharmacy rebate aggregator. Other proposals included eliminating certain OTC drug classes, removing GLP-1 coverage for weight loss, prior authorization and step therapy changes, reinstating the Medi-Cal asset test, eliminating acupuncture as an optional benefit, allowing utilization management for hospice, raising the managed care minimum medical loss ratio to 90%, reducing PACE capitation rates toward the midpoint of the actuarial range, eliminating the skilled nursing facility workforce and quality incentive program, and suspending the SNF backup power requirement. The LAO said the revised Medi-Cal spending estimate is about $2.5 billion higher than the Governor’s Budget in the budget year, and that the increase appears driven more by higher per-enrollee costs than by caseload alone. The LAO said the budget solutions are concentrated in a few areas, are largely ongoing, and should be considered in light of federal uncertainty, but suggested the Legislature could explore alternatives such as more targeted income thresholds for the undocumented expansion and simpler asset-test rules. Department of Finance officials said the proposals are difficult but necessary to address a third consecutive deficit and rising Medi-Cal costs. Members then pressed the administration on the methodology and impacts of the proposals, especially the enrollment freeze, premiums, asset test, hospice controls, PACE reductions, and the elimination of benefits and provider payments. No votes or formal actions were taken at this hearing.

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• of education members of the Board of Directors of an appraisal district for the subcommittee on property
• HB 2857 by Tepper relating to the purchase or Acquisition a personal property by a political subdivision
• or manufacturing facilities. property for the committee on trade workforce and economic development,
• AB 2911 by Frank Rilling to the participant. patient in uniformed coverage program for active school
• Lease to an elderly person for the subcommittee on property tax appraisals.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• to the definition of an eligible school district for purposes of the study of the school district property
• express breast milk referred to the committee on state affairs HB778 by Leach relating to paleo coverage
• Refer to the Subcommittee on Workforce, HB 813 by Cortez relating to the health benefit plan coverage
• On public property, authorizing a civil penalty.
• Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, HB 875 by Spiller relating to Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This bill helps to provide affordable health coverage options for Florida farmers and ranchers who face
• This coverage is part of the rural renaissance of Florida's smaller and less densely populated regions
• replace or repair the roof to have a quote that says that if it is related to an insurance claim, the property
• owner must contact their insurance company to verify coverage before the contract is signed.
• owner must contact their insurance company to verify coverage before the contract is signed.

Summary: The committee took up eight bills and memorials and reported each favorably. It first passed HM 4063, a memorial urging Congress to lay the groundwork for a federal sovereign wealth fund. Sponsor Rep. Anderson described it as a long-term economic security measure, while several members questioned how such a fund would be structured, governed, and balanced against paying down debt. Ranking member Hunschofsky and Rep. Spencer raised concerns about transparency, market disruption, and the lack of specific parameters. The memorial passed on a recorded vote. The committee then approved CS/HB 139, allowing pawnbrokers to use digital transaction forms, with SMG testifying in support as a modernization and pro-business change. It also adopted an amendment and passed HB 1157, which tightens reemployment assistance requirements by adding work-search, interview, identity, immigration, and availability checks; the amendment added protection for missed interviews due to emergencies and removed an email reporting requirement. The Florida AFL-CIO and Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy opposed the bill, arguing Florida’s unemployment system is already overly restrictive and that the proposal would further limit access to benefits, while supporters said it would ensure claimants are actively seeking work and verify eligibility. Members also passed CS/HB 497 to create nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans for farmers and ranchers, with support from Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Hospital Association, and the Farm Bureau; CS/HB 729 to authorize veterinary professional associates to perform limited duties under veterinarian supervision, with testimony from veterinarians and advocates citing access and workforce shortages; and HB 311, a right-to-repair bill for motorized wheelchairs, which drew strong support from disability advocates who described long repair delays, high costs, and the impact on independence and health. Rep. Tramont praised the wheelchair repair bill during debate, and the committee voted it favorably. Finally, the committee passed CS/HB 1549, an Office of Financial Regulation agency bill intended to help regulate financial institutions more efficiently, and CS/HB 715, which allows licensed roofing contractors to perform roof-to-wall connections during reroof or repair projects and extends the emergency cancellation window to 180 days after a declared emergency. HB 715 was amended to require a contract notice advising property owners to verify insurance coverage before signing when the work is tied to an insurance claim. Roofing industry groups and home inspection representatives supported the measure as a way to reduce costs and improve wind mitigation. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced the agenda was complete and the committee rose.

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• leadership to strengthen the Fair Plan, the financial stability of the Fair Plan, and ensure essential property
• We've already made progress by raising Fair Plan residential and commercial coverage limits, enhancing
• temporary safety net that is there when consumers need it and when the otherwise cannot find insurance coverage
• We've already made progress by raising fair plan residential and commercial coverage limits, enhancing
• rental market in Los Angeles that was already facing a serious housing crisis prior to the loss of property

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its committee rules unanimously, and then heard a series of housing, insurance, and disaster-recovery bills. Early bills focused on wildfire relief and insurance issues, including AB 238 on mortgage forbearance for Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, AB 493 on insurance payout interest for homeowners, AB 597 on consumer protections after disasters, and AB 226 on strengthening the California FAIR Plan’s liquidity tools. Supporters generally framed these measures as necessary protections for disaster survivors and market stability, while opponents and concerned witnesses raised issues such as investor guidelines, compliance conflicts, and market disruption. Several members also noted equity concerns and the need to balance relief with consistency across the state. The committee also heard a cluster of housing-production bills. AB 306 proposed a six-year pause on new state building code updates affecting residential construction and limits on local code modifications, drawing strong support from housing and building industry groups who argued it would reduce costs and improve predictability. It also drew opposition from code, environmental, and clean-energy advocates, who warned about safety, local control, and the loss of important code updates. AB 253 would allow licensed third-party professionals to perform plan checks if local review takes 30 days or more, and AB 301 would impose state-agency permitting timelines similar to those already applied to local governments; both were presented as ways to reduce delays and speed housing development. AB 462 would exempt ADU construction from coastal development permit requirements in Los Angeles County, especially to aid fire recovery and expand housing supply. After hearing testimony and brief member discussion on each measure, the committee placed the bills on suspense or advanced them as appropriate. In the suspense hearing at the end of the meeting, the committee took up the suspense-file bills and reported AB 226, AB 238, AB 301, and AB 306 out with due pass recommendations on roll call votes. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So if you have two exactly the same properties, one a rental property and one a residence that qualifies
• The tax due on that property, well, a $400,000 property would have a tax valuation of $18,000.
• So the property that receives a primary residence credit is paying more property tax if you don't look
• So the property that receives a primary residence is paying more property tax if you don't look at the
• property as provided.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote. The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill. Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.

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• We are seeing, um, property values rise, which is raising everyone's property taxes.
• We are seeing, um, property values rise, which is raising everyone's property taxes.
• We are seeing, um, property values rise, which is raising everyone's property taxes.
• Um, property values rise, which is raising everyone's property taxes.
• And as a is protecting property rights.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So basically, property tax.
• So basically property<00:25:31.320> tax.
• So let's let's let's run property tax.
• additional burden upon the property additional burden upon the property taxpayers. taxpayers. taxpayers
• They don't have coverage for other things, and that seems troubling to me.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• These professionals play a pivotal role in evaluating property interpreting insurance policies and guiding
• probably, this committee knows more than me, the number of folks who have faced non-renewals and property
• So between commercial discounts, 340B, Medicaid, Medicare coverage gap discount, IRA, VA, all of the
• The result is coverage decisions driven by profit and not by what's best for the patient.
• Do they do that on bodily injury cases or do they do that on the property damage like total loss?

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• We all have health care coverage. Our families have coverage.
• Because I have health care coverage. He has health care coverage.
• Because I have health care coverage. He has health care coverage.
• We've expanded coverage. We've retracted coverage. And we've expanded coverage again.
• <01:25:40.159> And coverage. We've retracted coverage. And coverage.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The restricted fund is for fines that we levy against insurance carriers for late reporting of coverage
• We have elderly people that have... we're in with property taxes already I we're in with property taxes
• stretched with property taxes and I<01:01:37.680> I<01:01:37.799> have<01:01:37.960>
• One woman had to sell her car just to pay her property taxes, and I just don't believe the repeal is
• taxes yeah yeah I'll just make property taxes yeah yeah I'll just make the<01:04:06.160> comment<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a proposed increase to the annual elevator certificate fee in the Department of Labor. The commissioner said the fee had been $50 for years and generated just under $300,000 annually, while the Inspection Division’s broader revenue far exceeded its expenses. Members noted the fee only covered the certificate, not the inspection itself, which is billed separately at $100 per hour. After comparing the fee to neighboring states and discussing the department’s revenue and staffing, the committee agreed to rewrite the language to set the fee at $75 and to vote on an amendment later. The committee then took up Section 139, which would expand the list of labor-law violations that can be penalized without first issuing a warning. The Department explained the change was meant to align House Bill 157 with other chapters, including youth employment and workers’ compensation provisions, where immediate civil penalties are already allowed. The section was accepted unanimously. A longer discussion followed on the Second Injury Fund. The commissioner explained that the fund reimburses insurers for certain workers’ compensation costs tied to claims involving pre-existing conditions, is financed by assessments on insurers, and requires notice within 100 weeks of injury plus a $10,000 deductible before reimbursement. He said the fund currently holds roughly $16 million to $22 million, one full-time employee administers it, and total staff involvement is about five to six people. Members questioned whether the fund should be sunset, but the department said the current House Bill 2 language does not propose a sunset; instead, it addresses increased hearing and litigation burdens after a recent Supreme Court decision. Sections 140 and 141, dealing with hearings, were then accepted unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed fines for late insurance coverage reporting, with the department noting the current rubric allows up to $50 per day but uses $112 per day, and members suggesting a lower amount.

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• We are also looking at ongoing use of the affordability fund to protect against the loss of coverage
• We are focused on protecting access to healthcare coverage for New Mexicans through the Affordability
• Rolling out the various coverage programs that you point to here, we just had a coverage effort that
• They either have to sign up and then they don't get coverage if they miss that opportunity.
• Other states, like Texas, many of our adjoining states, Texas is almost 100 percent private property.

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• tax exemption, requiring a disabled veteran to occupy a property continuously to be eligible for the
• tax exemption, requiring a disabled veteran to occupy a property continuously to be eligible for the
• who allows a person to use fireworks on the private property in violation of the Fireworks Licensing
• tax, amending and enacting sections of the property tax code, requiring an affidavit to be filed with
• limitations on the valuation of non-residential property, and declaring an emergency.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And if neither of those things pan out, then they have no choice but to most likely raise property taxes
• They have coverage. They're open. They're thriving.
• do not have the bill line before me, but there is, in regard to nursing homes and the liability coverage
• Next up, we come to House Bill 677, which relates to residential property owners, insurance policies,
• Next up, we come to House Bill 677, which relates to residential property owners, insurance policies,

Keywords: March 10, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• have their officers out of town for longer periods of time, which is going to cause them to have coverage
• have their officers out of town for longer periods of time, which is going to cause them to have coverage
• have their officers out of town for longer periods of time, which is going to cause them to have coverage
• have their officers out of town for longer periods of time, which is going to cause them to have coverage
• <00:29:57.360> over going on, the sale of the property over going on, the sale of the property

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• medical debt collection for services provided by health care facilities, and it exempted certain property
• Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Agreements, otherwise known as ICRA, is a program that offers
• Members, we're going to move on to the PCS for HB 1335, coverage for colorectal cancer screening and
• HB 425, coverage for out-of-network ground ambulance emergency services, by Representative Jaeger.
• The insurance provider will include that in the coverage.

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• BEING A HIT OUR EACH YEAR IN FLORIDA WITH ANY 5% OF ALL ACCIDENTS BEING A HIT AND RUN AN 85% OF PROPERTY
• IT WILL LOWER YOUR UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE AND THE DANGEROUS DRIVERS WILL NOT BE FORCED TO CARRY
• 100 TO 300 BI WHICH THEY COST A CRASH YOUR UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE WOULDN'T EVEN COME INTO PLAY AS
• ELIGIBLE PROJECTS RELATED TO THE FLORIDA SEAPORT TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC PROGRAM FUNDING OUR SEAPORT PROPERTY
• MUST NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF CYBER SECURITY BREACHES OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OR INCIDENTS ON AIRPORT PROPERTY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It provided near-universal coverage to Washington workers.
• What this means is that private insurers will now be able to market and price coverage in Washington
• State that takes WAC Cares as the deductible and seamlessly extends benefits to a higher coverage amount
• Security for everyone, and private options are available for those who want more coverage.
• Also, we know that the property owners that are corporate, that came from, what is it, CBRE, Carlisle

Summary: The committee met for what was described as its final meeting, with members and staff reflecting on the work of the Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care and noting that future work would likely shift to standing health and wellness committees. The meeting began with introductions and then moved into updates on major initiatives that originated from the committee, including Washington Cares, the Dementia Action Collaborative, and Medicaid long-term care programs. Presenters emphasized that these efforts were developed through long-term legislative-executive collaboration and were intended to help Washington prepare for the state’s aging population. On Washington Cares, DSHS described the program’s development from a 2014 research effort to its 2019 enactment, premium collection beginning in 2023, portability improvements in 2024, and 2025 changes including a grandfathered opt-out fix and a framework for supplemental private long-term care insurance. The agency said benefits are expected to go fully live next summer, with a pilot of up to 400 applicants planned for next January. On dementia policy, the Dementia Action Collaborative reported on the state dementia plan, Project ECHO training for providers, and pilot dementia-capable community programs at area agencies on aging, citing preliminary results that about 85% of family caregivers said services helped people remain at home. DSHS also reviewed Medicaid Transformation Project initiatives, including Medicaid Alternative Care, Tailored Supports for Older Adults, presumptive eligibility, and health-related social needs benefits such as rental assistance, nutrition support, and home modifications. The committee then heard an emerging issues panel from ombuds and disability advocates. Patricia Hunter of the long-term care ombuds program raised concerns about staffing shortages, resident rights, surveillance technology, private equity ownership of facilities, and illegal discharges or evictions. Betty Sweeterman of the Developmental Disabilities Ombuds discussed people stuck in hospitals without medical need, gaps in behavioral health services for people with developmental disabilities, and the need for better workforce training. Todd Carlyle of Disability Rights Washington urged expansion and bundling of community supports such as PACT, GOSH, and peer bridgers to reduce repeated institutionalization and support discharge from inpatient psychiatric settings. Provider and labor panels followed, with nursing home, assisted living, supported living, and union representatives all emphasizing workforce shortages, low wages, Medicaid rate inadequacy, case management bottlenecks, behavioral health complexity, and the need for more flexible care models and stronger accountability for rate increases. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with public comment on manufactured housing and closing remarks thanking staff and participants for the committee’s work.

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• By requiring coverage for GLP-1 medications, SB 1089 would save lives, reduce health care costs, and
• Scyler One, on behalf of the California Business Properties Association and NAIOP California, as well
• note finally that it's not just an issue of fire life safety, but the number one common claim on property
• 3 million working Californians who rely on Medi-Cal because their wages are too low or employer coverage
• Under existing law, large employers are already required to offer affordable coverage.

Keywords: 987, senate, all