Transcript Highlights:

• and it's incredible to see the installation's evolution and how it executes the mission from the flight
• From the flight line to the cockpit, from logistics networks, every gunfighter delivers combat power.
• We've also hosted the Royal Netherlands Air and Space ...and 12 different platforms.
• We've also hosted the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Forces F-35s for Exercise Gunfighter Flag 25-2
• The new center will add five classrooms and 78 additional child care spaces to reduce the waitlist by

Committee: House Transportation and Defense

Transcript Highlights:

• I've got to catch an earlier flight today. We're going to do this.
• The last question in this space, not in the space, and your department overview is the diaper initiative
• We have requirements about your office space.
• Feasible to really do anything in this space.
• Yeah, no, we are reassuring in that space. Okay.

Summary: The hearing began with a stakeholder presentation from Let California Kids Hear urging coverage of pediatric hearing aids for children in the large group market. Advocates described the issue as a long-running developmental emergency, argued that existing state efforts have been inefficient, and said the new proposal would cover about 70% to 80% of affected children without new spending by redirecting existing dollars. Public commenters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s advocates, strongly supported the proposal and emphasized the need for timely access to sound. The chair thanked the group and noted hope for a future fix, including continued work on the exchange market. The Department of Finance then gave a broad budget warning about the state’s more than $20 billion structural deficit and said new investments must be weighed against out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with an overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, seismic hospital compliance, workforce programs, and the Data Exchange Framework. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, behavioral health pipeline programs, the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, and future CalRx products such as EpiPens and GLP-1s. HCAI also described its enforcement approach for health care spending targets, saying the board would not change the targets in response to H.R. 1, and outlined the diaper access initiative, which will distribute diapers through hospitals in higher-need areas. Several HCAI budget items were discussed and held open, including additional expenditure authority, the transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate, long-term care payment transparency staffing, and reporting on health care worker waiting periods. The department also presented its Behavioral Health Services Act workforce initiative and a proposed $100 million General Fund offset, which both the LAO and the chair questioned as unclear and potentially one-time in nature. HCAI said the final workforce plan would be adjusted after stakeholder consultation if the offset proceeds. The department also described the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying California received $233.6 million in federal funds, had to revise its proposal to satisfy CMS, and must obligate the money by October 30; the program will fund rural care models, workforce development, and technology, with grants rolled out on a phased basis. The Department of Managed Health Care then presented its budget and three legislative implementation requests: SB 41 on PBM reform, SB 306 on prior authorization transparency, and AB 1041 on provider credentialing timelines. Finally, the administration outlined a menopause care proposal requiring coverage and education for menopause-related services, provider training, and an outreach campaign, with DMHC requesting staffing and funding to implement and enforce the new requirements. Throughout the hearing, most items were held open for later action, and no final votes were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• , which provides training to nurses, NPs, MDs, dentists, estheticians, and others in the aesthetic space
• The med spa space is blowing up as we speak. It's growing at an annual rate of 15% or so.
• Our mom friends joke, would it be harder flying nine hours on an international flight...
• Our mom friends joke, would it be harder flying nine hours on an international flight with a toddler
• You're very brave to take a toddler on a nine-hour flight. Glad that it went well.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening at ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the transcript focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. For the celiac proposal, Rep. Badger and Sen. Lovely described long diagnostic delays, the lack of a cure, and the potential for a simple blood test to identify children earlier and reduce long-term harm. Multiple patients, clinicians, and researchers supported the pilot, saying celiac is frequently missed because symptoms vary widely or are absent, and that early detection could prevent malnutrition, growth problems, osteoporosis, and other complications. Testifiers also emphasized that the bill would study feasibility, accuracy, cost, and acceptability, and would include family education and support resources if diagnoses are made through the program. Several experts and advocates backed the celiac screening pilot, including a pediatric gastroenterologist from Italy who described successful national screening efforts there, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, pediatric gastroenterologists from Massachusetts and Colorado, a pediatric dietitian, and a parent whose child was diagnosed after severe malnutrition. They argued that routine screening alongside existing pediatric bloodwork could identify many undiagnosed children and improve health equity, since celiac disease is often overlooked in people of color and lower-income patients. Committee members asked about how the screening would work, and witnesses explained it could begin with a blood test, followed by confirmatory endoscopy if needed. No vote was taken in the hearing. On H. 5087, witnesses from the medical aesthetics industry largely opposed the bill as written, saying it was outdated, redundant with existing Massachusetts licensing and board oversight, and too restrictive for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other licensed providers. Testifiers, including a retired lobbyist, a nurse practitioner, a PA, a plastic surgeon, and a clinic owner, said the bill could reduce access, raise costs, and push care into less regulated settings, while not addressing the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Committee members pressed for more specific feedback on what provisions were unnecessary or duplicative, and witnesses said they had submitted position papers and written testimony identifying conflicts with current law. The hearing ended with the chair noting that all oral and written testimony would be reviewed before any decisions are made.

Transcript Highlights:

• one example of what it can look like when socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers are offered space
• The author, for me, has been an innovator in this space.
• It's an incredible sight to see hundreds of thousands of birds all take flight at the same time.
• So I thank you for the Hundreds of thousands of birds all take flight at the same time.
• Johnson, Hundreds of thousands of birds all take flight at the same time.

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:

• So I do think that's an interesting comparison, not necessarily a new concept in that space.
• So pull it down, create a green space.
• The governor recommends a $15.8 million transfer for the Bright Flight program.
• As mentioned, I'm an Access Missouri and Bright Flight recipient.
• My question is: You're both a Bright Flight recipient and an Access recipient.

Committee: House Budget

Transcript Highlights:

• Alan Shepard was fascinated by flight.
• American in space.
• This mission proved that manned and controlled flight were attainable in a space vehicle.
• His subsequent ocean recovery became the model for many more missions into space. space agency NASA chose
• </c><00:10:01.120><c> were</c> that manned and controlled flight were that manned and controlled flight

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Last July, a direct flight between Sacramento and Morelia opened, making travel and business and family
• Like so many bills in the budget space, there's some good and there's some bad.
• While conducting a test flight, the aircraft crashed soon after takeoff, claiming the lives of all on
• Air Force test pilot graduate and former commander of the 419th Flight Test Squadron, he flew over 30
• Air Force test pilot graduate and former commander of the 419th Flight Test Squadron, he flew over 30

Transcript Highlights:

• We have done flight tests out of Spaceport.
• We want to continue to do flight tests out of Spaceport.
• I mean, at some point, you would have given up on flights.
• Our next presenter's IQ, I own Q, were in Korea and had to get on a flight.
• I mean, the med flights that are there have mechanics.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• use, not for laboratory space.
• So we've fully utilized that space.
• This would be a larger space.
• This would be a larger space.
• That would give you that individual office space to do that and have the leadership space and the committee

Committee: Joint Government Finance Committee

Summary: The committee first received a general fund and revenue update from the Office of Management and Budget. Staff reported that the state started the biennium about $176 million above prior estimates, but year-to-date revenues were now running below legislative forecast, mainly due to lower individual income tax and sales tax collections. The budget stabilization fund was above its cap, the legacy fund continued to grow, and oil revenues were slightly above forecast overall. Members also asked about federal funding uncertainty and mineral leasing variability, and OMB said agencies would be asked to address potential federal reductions case by case during budget preparation. The committee then reviewed compliance reports and trust fund analysis materials, followed by a bill draft for a fixed-route city transportation grant program. Testimony from transit officials in Fargo and Minot supported the proposal, saying state aid would help match federal transit funds and support operations, but members raised questions about the funding source, fare structures, and whether the program should be limited to the current four fixed-route cities or allow future eligible cities. Several members asked for more time to study the formula and possible funding options before moving the bill forward. Next, the committee approved a bill draft repealing obsolete language related to a proposed North Dakota-South Dakota bi-state authority. Staff explained the provision had been unused for about 30 years and that existing law likely already allowed joint powers agreements without the specific language. The committee voted to adopt the repeal bill draft. The Department of Commerce and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site then provided an update on uncrewed aircraft system initiatives, including the Vantis radar data enclave, the drone replacement program, and future revenue models. Officials said North Dakota had received FAA approval to operate the radar data pathfinder, had begun replacing non-compliant drones from restricted foreign sources, and was working on phased procurement and cost-recovery plans. Members asked about deadlines, funding, supply-chain issues, and how the system would be used; staff said the federal restrictions were already in effect and that Vantis was being positioned as infrastructure for future beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations. Finally, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation presented on the design of a new minimum-security prison and on a reentry housing task force. The new facility is planned for the penitentiary grounds, with a reduced estimated cost of about $263 million, 600 beds initially, possible expansion to 732 beds, and completion projected around 2031 if funded in 2027. The reentry housing task force described a data-driven effort to identify housing needs for people leaving incarceration, with the goal of reducing homelessness and recidivism through targeted housing support and possible subsidies. Members asked about staffing, site selection, housing duration, and whether employment and transportation needs would be included in the assessment.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're bringing them to New Mexico to conduct human flight into space.
• to participate is the cost to go to space.
• there are more applications in space.
• The space where they're manufacturing drugs in space.
• What's going on at the Space Port, the access to the roof.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Tango from Fayette County, to put research on an International Space Station that may lead to cures
• Station to see how International Space Station to see how they<00:36:47.760><c> would</c><00:36:48.000
• Tango from Fayette maybe with Space Tango from Fayette County,<00:37:33.520><c> to</c><00:37:33.680>
• Station that may International Space Station that may lead<00:37:38.480><c> to</c><00:37:39.440><c>
• to his unit as flight lead, to pick<01:08:19.799><c> that</c><01:08:20.000><c> helicopter</c><01:08:

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, capital flight for low income, capital flight for middle income, capital flight for high income
• I just wanted to mention again about the capital flight.
• I heard mention because if we're tracking these people, the capital flight will be good.
• And I am too concerned about capital flight.
• We don't have to wait. ...for the bill to get signed, Madam Speaker, for the capital flight.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

Transcript Highlights:

• All right. 10 minute break. knows, I'm sure um space is is limited knows, I'm sure um space is is limited
• </c><00:20:49.360><c> and</c> there's been a problem with space and there's been a problem with space
• </c> today as well as limitations on space today as well as limitations on space and<00:56:04.160><c>
• </c> um all well and good, uh the the space um all well and good, uh the the space is<00:59:58.720><c
• </c> with more portraits than you have space with more portraits than you have space for,<01:00:05.280

Summary: The Legislative Administration Committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner’s supervisory role over the legislative facilities committee nurse and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice. The sponsor’s aide and DHHS legislative director explained that the change updates outdated language last amended in 1995, aligns the statute with current practice, and was reviewed with legislative staff and nursing regulators, who were said to be comfortable with the proposal. Members asked why the change was needed and whether the commissioner had actually been supervising; the response was that the language no longer reflected how the position functioned. The chair said the bill might still be a simple consent item, but additional modifications were being discussed, so the hearing was closed with no vote taken at that time. The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, authorizing the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. The sponsor’s aide described Bradley’s legislative and congressional service and urged the committee to move the bill ought to pass. Members asked practical questions about whether the portrait was completed, its size, and where it would be hung. The witness said the portrait was not yet completed and that size and placement had not been determined, though the committee was told the historical committee would decide placement. A committee member noted that portrait sizes and locations are already being reviewed because of space concerns, and the hearing ended without a vote. A work session followed on the portrait bills, with the chair using them as a vehicle to discuss broader problems in the statutes governing portraits and the historical committee. He said the committee had gathered information from other states and suggested possible policy ideas such as portrait moratoriums, waiting periods after death, size limits, and clearer placement rules. Members discussed the need to update the RSAs and better define the historical committee’s authority. The committee did not take final action during the work session, but the discussion indicated that the portrait bills may be held while broader statutory revisions are considered.

Transcript Highlights:

• It creates the space to intentionally rebuild so that the program integrity is not retrofitted onto a
• It creates the space to intentionally rebuild so that the program integrity is not retrofitted onto a
• It creates the space to responsible.
• .<00:21:16.640><c> So,</c><00:21:17.000><c> is</c><00:21:17.240><c> this</c> space.
• So, is this space.

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• </c> operating the proxy advisory space. operating the proxy advisory space.
• She was an assistant flight chief of operations and was an instructor in operating the refueling boom
• She was an assistant flight chief of operations and was an instructor in operating the refueling boom
• She was an assistant flight chief of operations and was an instructor in operating the refueling boom
• Her watch is ended, her flight finished, and she's home at last in the hearts of those who loved her.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved the prior journal, excused absent senators, and received a House message noting passage of several House bills, including House Bill 1 despite the governor’s veto. The clerk also reported committee recommendations on a number of House bills, which were placed on the calendar, and new resolutions were introduced recognizing Chloe Yates, student wellness and physical activity in schools, and the Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. The main floor action centered on House Bill 1, which implements the Federal Education Opportunity Program in Kentucky. Supporters argued the measure would bring federal tax-credit dollars into Kentucky to expand educational opportunities for students and families at no cost to the state budget, while opponents urged sustaining the governor’s veto and raised concerns about accountability and the bill’s structure. After debate, the Senate voted 31-5 to override the veto, and House Bill 1 was finally passed notwithstanding the governor’s veto. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 183 on proxy advisory services. The House committee substitute exempted certain nonprofits with less than $500,000 in annual gross revenue from proxy advisor services from the bill’s cause-of-action provisions while preserving attorney general enforcement authority. The chamber concurred with the House substitute and then passed the bill as amended. Senators also passed Senate Bill 263, the School of Innovation cleanup bill, which makes technical changes, requires KDE support for waiver applications, and creates a pilot project for three schools of innovation with proposed matching grants. Senate Bill 281 on grandparent visitation was also adopted with committee substitute and passed unanimously after discussion focused on balancing grandparents’ access with parental rights and existing case law. Later, the Senate began consideration of Senate Bill 324 on the film industry credit, with the sponsor describing technical changes and expanded provisions to support film, video, gaming, and related production activity in Kentucky.

Transcript Highlights:

• Roll there's there's the poor space lease going to take precedence. Thank you for the question.
• You're not using the pore space for that.

Bills: HR1038 , HB3263 , HB3127 , HB2997 , HB3115 , HB2123 , HB3587 , HB3028 , HB2035 , HB3369 , HB3620 , HB3621 , HB3622 , HB3624 , HB3175 , HB3173 , HB3178 , HB1979 , HB4476

Keywords: Oklahoma Youth Expo, OYE, 4-H, FFA, agriculture, agricultural education, youth expo, livestock show, junior livestock, scholarships, youth leadership, Oklahoma City, rural communities, ag mechanics, engineering contest, farm youth, student recognition, ceremonial resolution, house resolution, livestock competition

Bills: HR1038 , HB3263 , HB3127 , HB2997 , HB3115 , HB2123 , HB3587 , HB3028 , HB2035 , HB3369 , HB3620 , HB3621 , HB3622 , HB3624 , HB3175 , HB3173 , HB3178 , HB1979 , HB4476

Keywords: Oklahoma Youth Expo, OYE, 4-H, FFA, agriculture, agricultural education, youth expo, livestock show, junior livestock, scholarships, youth leadership, Oklahoma City, rural communities, ag mechanics, engineering contest, farm youth, student recognition, ceremonial resolution, house resolution, livestock competition

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> then designating like a field day space then designating like a field day space not<01:46:27.520
• So if you equate that to flights, there's about 433,000 flights coming in and leaving.
• So you equate that to flights, in.
• </c> you have that about 154,000 flights you have that about 154,000 flights arrivals.<03:08:24.800><
• There's two flight areas that are interested in spaces in Kona and in Hilo.

Transcript Highlights:

• When the estate tax was raised from 0% to 20% in 2005, there was no capital flight.
• I'm wondering, do you have additional information about patterns that we've seen around capital flight
• for Do you have additional information about patterns that we've seen around capital flight for this
• There has not been any definable, discernible capital flight except— and but it has been very robust
• The Nelson Legacy Group provides commercial and retail space to approximately 100 businesses, ranging

Summary: House Finance met on February 26 and heard several tax and housing-related bills. Substitute Senate Bill 6343 would extend the deadline to apply for a property tax exemption for improvements to single-family homes damaged by natural disasters, with sponsors citing recent flooding and the need to help displaced homeowners in multiple counties. Local officials from Kent and Algona testified in support, describing flood damage and ongoing recovery needs. The bill was heard but no vote was taken. Senate Bill 6347 would roll back the higher estate tax rates enacted in 2025, while leaving the higher exemption amount in place. Committee staff said the bill would reduce revenue to the Education Legacy Trust account by about $44.8 million starting in fiscal year 2027 and about $389.9 million over the 2027-29 biennium. Supporters argued the higher rates could harm family businesses and encourage wealthy residents to leave; opponents said the bill would mainly benefit very large estates and would worsen budget pressures by reducing funds for education and child care. Public testimony was mixed, and the bill was heard without action. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6244, which would extend a hazardous substance tax exemption for agricultural crop protection products stored in Washington for out-of-state sale until 2038. The sponsor and a logistics witness said the exemption helps farmers get products faster, supports regional distribution, and improves competitiveness; staff said the revenue impact would be small. Finally, Senate Bill 6114 would define “fixture” and “affixed” for real estate excise tax purposes to make tax treatment of attached property clearer, and Senate Bill 6027 would broaden allowable uses of several local affordable housing funding sources, including rehabilitation and operations of existing housing, rental assistance in some counties, and expanded uses for Affordable Housing for All grants. Both of those bills drew support from state and local housing officials and advocates, and the committee adjourned after the hearings with no recorded votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• I hope that this lays out a flight path forward for us to move incrementally. a third substitute and
• I hope that this lays out a flight path forward for us to move incrementally. ...a flight path forward
• to continue to be administratively housed and do some of the work that needs to be done in those spaces
• . ...to be administratively housed and do some of the work that needs to be done in those spaces.

Bills: HB1662 , HB1683

Committee: House Education

Keywords: education agencies, administrative independence, superintendent, education reform, agency authority, education, school boards, district adjustments, administrative boundaries, educational governance