Transcript Highlights:

• Having served on this committee my first term, I know the nature of compacts, licensing compacts, is
• is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So, Understand that a compact is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So to change those words in that compact would be not a compact. Correct?
• In regard to the compact itself, we have eight compacts currently in Missouri that have been passed in

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Summary: The Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing met with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 1797, a public accounting bill. The committee adopted a substitute that was described as clarification language to mirror the Senate version, then voted the House Committee Substitute do pass by unanimous roll call. The committee also considered House Bill 2974, adopted Amendment 0.01H adding clarifying scope-of-practice language, rolled the amendment into a committee substitute, and then voted the House Committee Substitute do pass unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on House Bill 1623, which would add massage therapists and chiropractors to the list of health care professionals subject to emergency disciplinary action through the Administrative Hearing Commission. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect patients and give licensing boards faster authority to act against bad actors in vulnerable settings. Supporters included a trial lawyer who described sexual assault cases involving massage parlors and a lobbyist for the Missouri Chiropractic Physicians Association, who said quicker action would improve public safety and professional integrity. No opposition was presented. Next, the committee heard House Bill 309, which would provide clarity for nonprofit pharmacies serving low-income and underserved patients in emergency situations, inspired by access problems after the St. Louis tornadoes. The sponsor and an RX Outreach representative said the bill would help pharmacies transfer or dispense needed medications during emergencies without reducing oversight, and they discussed limits on quantities and controlled substances. Members asked why the bill was limited to nonprofit pharmacies and whether it applied outside Missouri; the witnesses said they were open to amendments and clarified the bill was aimed at Missouri emergencies. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3129, the Physician Assistant Compact. The sponsor said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, by allowing reciprocal practice across participating states without changing Missouri scope-of-practice law. A PA testified in support, saying it would help retain and recruit PAs and improve flexibility near state borders. The Missouri State Medical Association opposed the bill, arguing it could affect scope of practice, give compact commission rules too much authority, and weaken Missouri’s regulatory control; the Division of Professional Registration supported it, saying it fits rural health transformation goals and that compact participants would still have to follow Missouri scope laws. A nonprofit workforce group also testified in support. No votes were taken on the hearing bills before adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• But having served on this committee my first term, I know the nature of compacts, licensing compacts,
• is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• Understand that a compact is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So to change those words in that compact would be not a compact. Correct?
• Most of the language in this compact, having gone through it, is standard across most all of our compacts

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• IT KEPT THE STATE IN THE COMPACT. REALLY THAT IS WHAT THIS ALIGNMENT IS.
• DO ALL STATES PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY COMPACT OR HAVE ANY OFF THE OUT?
• THAT IS THE REAL POINT OF THE COMPACT IS TRYING TO KEEP KIDS ON TRACK.
• IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH OUR COMPACT COMMISSIONER.
• AS COMPACT COMMISSIONER MCCAFFREY SHARED FOR IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 11 STATES WHO ADOPTED THE COMPACT

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• Compact, but also in the compacts for psychologists, counselors, physical therapists.
• By the way, no state has ever left the compact.
• the medical compact.
• The access comes through having compacts.
• We have been working on these compacts for a while.

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• The compact-based budget increases were intended to accomplish three things.
• Predictable tuition is dependent on the fulfillment of the compact.
• met the 2026-27 compact goal for California undergraduate enrollment growth.
• Native American student enrollment increased by 50% during the compact.
• This enrollment level would exceed the compact enrollment goal.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid. On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary. The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed. The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.

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• ; repealing Section 42-3309, Idaho Code, relating to the Salmon Falls Creek Water Compact; repealing
• Compact; repealing Section 42-30320, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact; repealing
• 30322, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact.
• Compact; repealing Section 42-3506, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact; and repealing
• Interstate Compact; and declaring an effective date.

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• Compact negotiations.
• The changes in the 2021 compact also included the establishment of the compact trust fund.
• Madam Chair, I guess if it's in the compact, is it in the compact or is it just being discussed?
• Senator Leach, the tribes have all signed the compact and the state has signed the compact.
• The description of how you The compact and the state has signed the compact.

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

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• Tulalip tribes of Washington, as well as the amended compact for the Cowlitz Indian tribe.
• IGRA outlines what the tribes and states can negotiate into compacts.
• The tribal-state compacts address these shared public protection interests to ensure that...
• This is the Gaming Compact Amendment approval process.
• We have done with the Tulalip Tribes' proposed restated compact.

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• This compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
• AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
• This compact extension simply preserves the status quo by extending...
• It does not change any of the substantive terms of the current compact.
• It simply gives us time to negotiate a new compact with the Governor's office.

Committee: House Governmental Organization

Transcript Highlights:

• The compact-based budget increases were intended to accomplish three things.
• Predictable tuition is dependent on the fulfillment of the compact.
• met the 2026-27 compact goal for California undergraduate enrollment growth.
• Native American student enrollment increased by 50% during the Compact.
• This enrollment level would exceed the Compact enrollment goal.

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• I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
• I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
• I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
• I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
• It's less compact.

Summary: The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it. The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact. Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
• I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
• I believe the lack of compactness, there was a lack of compactness. That would be a reason.
• I believe the lack of compactness. There was a lack of compactness.
• It's less compact.

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• I didn't want to get onto the compact. Here we go.
• How many states have joined this compact? Mr. Chair and Senator 43.
• compact, not the way we're setting it out because the compact that we've adopted right now already has
• How many, how many times did New Mexico in isolation from the compact?
• Who would pay it under this compact? Who pays the levy? Mr.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• So I do think that this helps with the compact.
• There are about 30 states already in the compact.
• I'm a big fan of compacts.
• I will keep my testimony compact.
• So there are currently, there's only the one compact.

Committee: House Elementary and Secondary Education

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• This is the compact amendment process.
• The amendments also make the tribe's compact current with other compacts within the state, incorporating
• Is that existing in other tribal compacts? Is this new to this compact?
• No, it's not new to this compact.
• I understand that these compact changes are roughly in line with other sets of compact changes we've

Summary: The committee held a special hearing on a tentative amended, restated gaming compact between the State of Washington and the Squaxin Island Tribe. Washington State Gambling Commission Director Tina Griffin said the state and tribe had reached tentative agreement after collaborative negotiations, and explained the approval process: public comment and a commission vote with ex officio legislative members, followed by governor review, tribal submission to the Secretary of the Interior, and Federal Register publication before the compact becomes effective. Squaxin Island representative Ray Peters said the tribe supports the amendments, describing them as clarifications that improve casino regulation and align the compact with other state compacts while supporting jobs and funding for housing, health care, and other services. Commission staff member Johnny Bray walked through the compact changes, including restating several appendices, removing the CX2 addendum, and adding new appendices on limitations and electronic table games. He said the limitations appendix raises certain wagering and facility ceilings, including higher table-game and tribal lottery system limits, authorization for credit for qualified patrons, and screening requirements for high-limit areas. He also described the new electronic table games appendix, which allows wager limits up to $500 and a nine-to-one ratio of electronic games to gaming stations, along with additional responsible-gaming commitments. Members asked about the location of the tribe and whether higher limits could increase problem gambling; staff said the limits are ceilings, other tribes already have similar authorizations, and the tribe must screen patrons and implement protections. The committee then held a work session with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and staff on the office’s fiscal note process. Tim Gallivan explained the office’s three-day turnaround, workload-based FTE estimates, use of assumptions and ranges, and how fiscal notes include both salary/benefit costs and broader operating costs such as enterprise support and administration allocations. He also described how litigation costs are estimated in coordination with the Attorney General, including when costs are known, estimated from comparable cases, or marked indeterminate. Members questioned whether fiscal notes can reflect policy disagreements and how assumptions differ across agencies, and discussed examples involving the Washington Voting Rights Act and ranked choice voting. Hobbs and staff said fiscal notes are based on bill language, not intent, and that early sponsor contact can help refine estimates. No votes were taken in the work session.

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• The compact would allow that portability to travel within the compact states.
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• </c><02:03:25.400><c> had</c> language that the compact had language that the compact had established
• So the compact license requirements would apply to someone getting a compact license.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• The changes in the 2021 compact also included the establishment of the compact trust fund.
• Madam Chair, I guess if it's in the compact, is it in the compact or is it just being discussed?
• Senator Leach, the tribes have all signed the compact and the state has signed the compact.
• The description of how you calculate the disbursements of the Compact Trust Fund are in the compact,
• We want to make ...the compact and the state has signed the compact.

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard the Arizona Auditor General’s 2025 sunset review of the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board. The audit found the board generally processed licenses and complaints timely and had adopted required school curriculum rules, but it also identified inconsistent disciplinary actions, gaps in required infection-prevention and law education for some reciprocity and instructor applicants, weak application review controls, and noncompliance issues involving open meeting law, public records, and conflicts of interest. Auditors also recommended statutory changes on esthetics scope of practice, cease-and-desist authority, and eyelash technician training standards. The board’s executive director said the agency agreed with the findings, had already implemented some changes including updated disciplinary parameters, conflict-of-interest training, lawful presence verification, and revised cash-handling procedures, and was working through the remaining recommendations. After questions, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend the board implement the audit recommendations and be continued for six years, until July 1, 2032. The committee then took up the combined sunset review and performance audit of the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Arizona Racing Commission, and the Arizona Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission. The Auditor General reported that while the department distributed tribal gaming funds and issued some licenses appropriately, it failed to consistently obtain and review required independent audit reports for event wagering and fantasy sports operators, did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements, lacked comprehensive complaint-handling processes, and had delayed some compact trust fund distributions. Additional issues included IT security documentation, horse-racing suitability checks, fee-setting reviews, rulemaking, and public records procedures; the Boxing and MMA Commission also had licensing and fee-setting deficiencies. The department and commissions agreed to implement the recommendations, and the department director said the agency was already making changes, including updated guidance to operators, a new complaint-tracking process, conflict-of-interest training, and work on trust fund distributions and rule changes. Committee members pressed both the auditor and the department on why fantasy sports audit reviews had not been completed, whether underpayments would be recovered, and why no distributions had yet been made to certain Category 3 tribes under the 2021 compact trust fund. The director said the department was now doing a look-back review, would seek any owed fees, penalties, and interest, and was helping tribes resolve the baseline-revenue formula needed for distributions. Members also asked about conflict-of-interest practices, problem gambling, and whether prediction markets fall under gaming regulation. The discussion continued into the department’s broader presentation, with the director describing the agency’s regulatory role and ongoing modernization efforts.

Transcript Highlights:

• For compact amendments, our ex officios do become voting members.
• So you have completed that first part, the compact negotiation with the director.
• We negotiated and signed one of the first tribal-state gaming compacts in 1995.
• I had not heard about that in other tribal compacts.
• I appreciate the committee's time to hear the proposed amendments to the compact.

Summary: The Senate Business, Financial Services and Trade Committee held a public hearing on a proposed tribal gaming compact amendment involving the Lummi Nation and the Washington State Gambling Commission. Tina Griffin, director of the Gambling Commission, explained the compact amendment process under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the role of the commission and legislative ex officio members, and noted that the proposal had reached tentative agreement and would next go to hearings before the commission and the House. She said the commission and tribe have a long-standing collaborative relationship. Lummi Nation Vice Chairman Terence Adams and other tribal representatives described the tribe’s gaming history and the purpose of the amendment. The proposal would add or update compact provisions for higher table and lottery limits, extension of credit to customers, electronic table games, and conforming definition changes. Tribal representatives said the changes would support tribal governmental services and economic development while maintaining strong regulation and internal controls. Commission staff said similar provisions have already been approved for other tribes and that the tribe would be responsible for setting responsible credit limits and controls, including customer vetting and self-exclusion checks. Senator Hasegawa asked about how credit would work and what oversight would apply, and staff said they would follow up with more detail. Senator Fortunato clarified that the request was for Lummi to receive provisions already available in other tribal compacts. Committee members also asked about the timing of public comment, and staff said it would be taken at the end of the hearing if any was signed up. No public comment was offered, and the chair closed the hearing without any vote or formal action taken by the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we're instrumental that compact.
• </c><00:19:27.840><c> So</c> first of all um with the compact. So first of all um with the compact.
• Um, our organization is very compact.
• </c> didn't communicate with the compact didn't communicate with the compact ahead<00:25:50.559><c> of
• </c> been working closely with the compact. been working closely with the compact.

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

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• . >> So, House Bill 36, um, the sub adds on the athletic trainers and dietitians to this compact.
• We're working with Interstate Compact.
• Athletic trainers are vital compact.
• </c> compacts? Okay. Senator Hickden. compacts? Okay. Senator Hickden.
• </c> compact bill. compact bill.

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations