Transcript Highlights:

• It requires the City and County to accept the properties transferred in satisfaction of all amounts owed
• It requires the City and County to accept the properties transferred in satisfaction of all amounts owed
• So rather interesting, because my understanding is they may not be in agreement with this transfer to
• to accept um as is but then I transfer to accept um as is but then I understand<00:51:26.760> uh<
• it's yeah so negotiate and and transfer it's yeah so a<01:09:13.839> lot<01:09:13.960> of<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several water, land, and conservation measures. HB 86, which would fund a permanent DLNR Makai Watch coordinator position, drew strong support from DLNR and community advocates. Testifiers said the coordinator is needed to connect community-based nearshore monitoring groups with government, support training and reporting, and provide stable civil-service funding instead of relying on grants and philanthropy. The committee discussed the position’s duties and cost, estimated at about $110,000 with fringe benefits, and noted broad support from organizations including Kuaʻulu, The Nature Conservancy, OHA, and others. HB 36, relating to state water code penalties, was also supported in principle by DLNR, but the agency proposed amendments to create two tiers of violations, distinguish first-time/non-harmful violations from repeat or harmful ones, and give the commission discretion on whether each day counts as a continuing violation. DLNR said the bill is intended to address egregious cases such as Red Hill while avoiding undue impact on small farmers and others without malicious intent. Testifiers from the Board of Water Supply, Lono Initiative, and others supported stronger penalties and transparency, while Earthjustice raised concerns about broader structural issues and the risk of penalties being applied unfairly. The committee then heard HB 316, which appropriates funds to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program. DLNR, the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, Kōkua, The Nature Conservancy, and other groups testified in support, describing the program as a workforce pipeline that places young professionals in communities, builds trust, and helps recruit future state employees. Supporters said the program has expanded capacity in watershed and reef management and has drawn extensive public backing. Finally, HB 506, funding equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, received support from DLNR and others. DOCARE said recent recruit classes are moving through training, that the new positions will expand patrol capacity, including nighttime enforcement, and that the Oʻahu-specific funding is tied to priorities such as the Māʻili Bay herbivore rules. The committee also began hearing HB 510 on water shortage and emergency declarations. DLNR proposed limiting shortage declarations to 90 days unless extended, capping groundwater reductions at 20% for lower-priority permits, removing climate-crisis language as a standalone criterion, and moving the process into rulemaking for more public input. The Board of Water Supply supported the bill and the proposed changes, while Earthjustice urged deferral absent broader Water Commission reforms. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would be decision-making after the hearing on items on the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• of Newton for non-payment of any local charge, fee, or fine; and House Bill 5388, authorizing the transfer
• House Bill 5358, local approval received, and the House bill authorizing the transfer of a certain parcel
• Newton for nonpayment of any local charge, fee, or fine, House Bill 5358, and an act authorizing the transfer

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several guest groups, including a fourth grade class from Howard Manning School and the 2026 Hopedale Junior and Senior High School girls basketball team, recognized as Division 5 state champions. The House then adopted several congratulatory resolutions, including honors for Girl Scouts Gold Award recipients and the Worcester Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club on its 150th anniversary. Members also approved a House order extending the Education Committee’s reporting deadline on House No. 5454, concurred with a Senate petition on wake-surfing fines for motorboat operators, and suspended Joint Rule 12 on a Fiola petition to allow municipalities to opt into a temporary pilot extending liquor license hours and permitting public consumption in designated districts. That Fiola matter was referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several local bills for consideration, including measures for Berkeley and Bolton liquor licenses, Newton municipal charge liens, and a Marion land transfer; the House ordered these bills to a third reading. On final action, the House adopted the emergency preamble for House Bill 5375, financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, and passed House Bill 3929 on third reading, which changes the minimum age requirement for original appointment as a police officer in Worcester. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to Thursday at 11 a.m., observed a moment of silent tribute for Charles “Charlie” Van Dini of Plymouth, and then adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11 a.m. in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Act to allow for the transfer.
• Roughly another third is collected and recycled through municipal streams, transfer station drop-off
• Because it contains provisions of concern related to the transfer of responsibility from the original
• When disposed of improperly, these batteries can be very problematic for waste transfer stations and
• stations where this also happens. for waste transfer and stations in recycling facilities.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a heavily attended hybrid hearing focused primarily on plastics reduction bills, along with a few local and related waste-management measures. Chair Rauch and Chair Barber outlined strict testimony rules because of the large number of speakers. Before the plastics docket, the committee heard support for a local Sharon sewer-extension bill for a Sunrise Senior Living project, and the bill’s proponents said the project would help address senior housing needs and would still require MWRA and local approvals. The chairs also noted a separate local matter involving Sharon and the MWRA. A major portion of the hearing centered on the Plastics Reduction Act and related bills addressing single-use plastics, including plastic bags, polystyrene, black plastic, plastic beverage bottles, non-flushable wipes, skip-the-stuff provisions, and truth-in-labeling. Sponsors and supporters said the bills would reduce litter, microplastics, greenhouse gas emissions, and municipal waste costs, while creating statewide consistency and supporting environmental justice communities. Several speakers cited local bans already adopted by many Massachusetts cities and towns, and many urged the committee to advance comprehensive statewide action. The committee also heard testimony on a boat wrap recycling bill, a mattress recycling bill, and a bill to prohibit hotels from providing small plastic toiletries. Municipal officials and waste professionals supported extended producer responsibility for paint and labeling for non-flushable wipes, saying these measures would shift costs away from cities and towns and reduce strain on wastewater systems. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller of Newton, and a Franklin County waste official all backed paint EPR and wipes labeling. Fire Chief Brian Nardelli testified for the Fire Chiefs Association in support of lithium-ion battery legislation, citing fire safety and disposal concerns. Other speakers, including environmental groups, local activists, and business representatives, supported bag and polystyrene bans, though the Retailers Association of Massachusetts urged any bag policy to be truly statewide and said any bag fee should be retained by retailers. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Parents seek transfers for many different reasons beyond test scores, including a safer environment or
• For one, students can transfer districts if that transfer is approved by both their school district of
• origin and the district the student is seeking to transfer to.
• Districts can also opt to participate in the District of Choice program, and students can transfer to
• Assembly Member Hoover, I would like to clarify that anyone can ask for a transfer to a school where

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a lengthy set of bills, beginning with AB 2189, which would authorize a State Council on Developmental Disabilities grant to create a statewide parent network for families of students with disabilities. The author and supporters said the bill would help parents understand special education rights and advocate more effectively, while an opposing witness argued California already has family-led organizations doing similar work and the bill should build on existing efforts. The committee discussed the bill’s amendments, then passed AB 2189 6-0 and held it on call. The committee then took up AB 2615, a cleanup bill to AB 715 dealing with instructional materials and anti-discrimination provisions in schools. Supporters said the bill makes technical and substantive fixes promised during last year’s debate, including clarifying “factually accurate” language, removing references to professional responsibility standards, and refining how offending materials are handled. Opponents from civil rights, labor, and education groups argued the bill still chills speech and could be used to police classroom instruction too broadly, especially the “factually accurate” requirement. After extended debate and several member questions about implementation, the committee passed AB 2615 5-0 and held it on call. The committee also heard AB 2496, which would streamline school accountability reporting by making the California School Dashboard the primary transparency tool, reviewing or phasing out the School Accountability Report Card, and making a mid-year LCAP update optional. Supporters said the bill reduces duplication and improves accessibility, while an opponent warned that parents could lose a simple PDF-style report and that the mid-year update still provides useful budget information. AB 2496 was passed out on a 3-0 vote and held on call. In addition, AB 1750, which would require school employees to receive full salary for up to five additional months while on extended medical leave, drew strong support from educators and opposition from administrators over staffing and cost concerns; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. The committee also heard AB 1644, a bell-to-bell smartphone ban for TK-8 schools with recommended high school restrictions and exceptions for educational, health, and safety needs; supporters emphasized student focus and well-being, while administrators raised concerns about timing and local implementation after recent district policy adoption.

Transcript Highlights:

• estate taxes as well as tobacco and real estate taxes as well as tobacco and real estate transfer
• 40.839> between<00:12:41.160> the<00:12:41.279> general<00:12:41.720> and transfer
• tax between the general and transfer tax between the general and education<00:12:42.440> trust
• 26.240> property estate property or real real property estate property or real real property transfer
• <00:14:27.079> tax<00:14:27.759> um transfer tax um transfer tax um so<00:14:30.199>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered an amendment to add a new “Lakes” license plate to HB 2, with proceeds directed to the cyanobacteria fund for lake cleanup. Representative McGuire said the bill had already passed on consent and asked that it be included in HB 2; members discussed that it had also gone to the Senate. The motion to adopt the amendment failed on a 7-8 vote. The committee then took up an amendment imposing a 5% administrative fee on certain dedicated funds, with several exemptions for funds that could not legally or appropriately be charged, such as those involving federal money or bequests. Supporters said it would make the treatment of dedicated funds more consistent and raise roughly $31 million over the biennium for the general fund, while opponents questioned the number of carve-outs and who currently pays the administrative costs. The amendment failed on a 4-5 vote. Next, the committee reconsidered and then adopted an amendment changing the distribution of business profits tax and business enterprise tax revenue, reducing the share going to the Education Trust Fund from 41% to 30% and increasing the General Fund share. Supporters argued the Senate had overfunded the Education Trust Fund and that the change would help balance the budget without changing education spending levels; opponents said they could not support taking money from the Education Trust Fund. The amendment passed 5-3. The committee also adopted, by the same 5-3 margin, an amendment incorporating HB 741 language on open enrollment and student attendance in public schools, with supporters calling it House policy and opponents noting it had been a close, partly partisan vote in the House. Finally, the committee considered a change to the University System of New Hampshire budget that would reduce general fund appropriations by $40 million per year, offset in part by $15 million in previously approved unique dollars for a net reduction of $25 million per year. Supporters said the cut was necessary to balance the budget and that other options had been exhausted; opponents called it harmful to the university system and argued the committee should instead look to other areas, including education freedom accounts, for savings. The discussion continued, but the transcript excerpt ends before a final vote on the UNH item.

Transcript Highlights:

• Vice Chair, for the testimony. relating to water carriers transfers the relating to water carriers transfers
• So I, we did transfer some motor carrier authority to DOT, right, for enforcement, I believe.
• So<01:50:07.840> I<01:50:08.960> we<01:50:09.360> did<01:50:09.679> transfer<
• We will assist with any transfer of the powers.
• to stand and full statutory transfer to stand this<03:18:20.800> up.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2021, a transportation measure creating a framework for electric bicycle and micromobility regulation. The bill would define electric bicycle and electric micromobility device, set age and helmet rules, restrict class 3 e-bikes from sidewalks, allow limited sidewalk use for class 1 and 2 bikes, prohibit high-speed electric devices and certain nonconforming devices in specified locations, update county tax definitions, and change related terminology. Testimony was largely supportive from DOT, police, Honolulu officials, Hawaii Bicycling League, AAA Hawaii, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and several individuals, while DCCA’s Insurance Division asked for clarity on whether insurance would be required. Committee discussion focused on safety, enforcement, and the fact that no insurance market currently exists for these e-bike classes; members also discussed the need to target bad actors rather than ordinary riders. The chair then proposed and the committee adopted amendments to HB 2021, including clarifying that road-legal, permitted, classified electric bicycles are not subject to insurance requirements at this time; allowing properly classified electric bicycles on sidewalks at 10 mph or less subject to county restrictions; barring high-speed electric devices and other nonconforming devices from public roadways; authorizing impoundment of non-road-legal or improperly registered devices; and requiring direct parental supervision for riders under 16 on class 2 or 3 e-bikes. The committee also made technical and effective-date changes. The recommendation to pass HB 2021 with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present. The committee next took up HB 1641, a related transportation bill addressing high-speed electric devices. The chair explained that the measure would prohibit the sale, lease, rental, distribution, possession, or operation of high-speed electric devices and establish penalties, but the committee’s version would narrow the focus to devices covered by HB 2021. The amended bill would prohibit offering high-speed electric devices for lease or rent, require sellers to comply with the new regulatory framework, ban operation on bicycle lanes, highways, roadways, and streets, and set a civil penalty of $250 to $1,000 per violation. After no further questions, the committee voted to pass HB 1641 with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. The meeting then moved to HB 1709, which would transfer regulation of the Hawaii Water Carrier Act from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation and make conforming changes with an appropriation. DOT testified in support, while the PUC and DCCA’s Consumer Advocacy Division raised concerns about preserving consumer protections and the complexity of moving the regulatory framework. Young Brothers supported the bill and said the current system is outdated, but the discussion remained ongoing; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 1709 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• And secondly, it would establish a minimum 72-hour waiting period before a firearms transfer can take
• <01:39:37.480> can<01:39:37.679> take transfer can take transfer can take place<01:39:39.520
• Under the bill, transfers between private parties will be facilitated by a federally licensed firearm
• of a for the transfer of ownership of a firearm<01:41:44.520> where<01:41:44.800> neither<
• <01:42:18.719> of check is initiated and the transfer of check is initiated and the transfer

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• provides instructional continuity within a uniform state IEP framework that ensures when a student transfers
• to or from Socorro Consolidated Schools, their services remain ...a student transfers to or from Socorro
• We have a multitude of ways in which we transfer from state to state records.
• Is there a way to incorporate that transfer of records from the students' previous educational program
• IEP using the forms and the specifics to New Mexico, but we hold an IEP to ensure that that gets transferred

Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

Transcript Highlights:

• So one of the things that we're looking into is finding pathways to help support the transference to
• job-specific English training in those healthcare fields and then helping them make sure that their license transfers
• job-specific English training in those healthcare fields and then helping them make sure that their license transfers
• statewide IEP—we’ve learned through data analysis that students with disabilities have a slightly higher transfer
• We’ve learned through data analysis that students with disabilities have a slightly higher transfer rate

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• don't have good reason, then I would make a motion that we give the mayor the authority to do that transfer
• This committee gives the mayor authority to transfer that money, that 10%. Is that a valid motion?
• don't have good reason, then I would make a motion that we give the mayor the authority to do that transfer
• This committee gives the mayor authority to transfer that money, that 10%. Is that a valid motion?
• The auditors basically overstated the revenue from county general as a simple transfer, and I understated

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Put another way, before you transfer it to somebody else, you have to get it serialized under federal
• one of these ghost guns, so transfer one of these ghost guns, so what<02:08:01.040> so-called
• :08:08.639> it<02:08:08.800> to<02:08:09.040> somebody way, before you transfer
• it to somebody way, before you transfer it to somebody else,<02:08:09.679> you<02:08:09.920>
• a ghost gun and transfer that that's transfer<02:08:54.000> it<02:08:54.159> to<02:08:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• energy and mass throughout the transfers energy and mass throughout the solar<00:20:05.200> system
• <04:15:09.600> via and other equipment are transferred via and other equipment are transferred
• And<04:23:32.239> while<04:23:32.640> FMS<04:23:33.279> transfers<04:23:34.479><
• <05:24:40.798> of CCP's harassment and forced transfer of CCP's harassment and forced transfer
• and services required to be transferred and services required to be transferred under<06:37:12.558

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was one-time STEM Career Awareness transfer on that one. That was the House position.
• It was one time STEM career awareness transfer on that one.
• And then you've got the access, the scholarship, and then you've got the transfer, the fund swap, so
• This is for the transfer I alluded to, so it'll be House.
• The first four are Senate. 10.930, one-time transfer from veterans.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to make sure that they aren't, uh, if they do check all those boxes about what they need to do to transfer
• <00:36:10.640> that<00:36:11.119> the<00:36:11.359> last need to do to transfer
• that the last need to do to transfer that the last thing<00:36:11.760> their<00:36:11.920>
• change the bonafide move exception to change the bonafide move exception to the<00:39:29.119> transfer
• the transfer rule. the transfer rule. >> No,<00:39:30.079> sir. >> No, sir.

Bills: SB342, HB379, HB326, HB233, HB388, SB342, HB379, HB326, HB233, HB388

Keywords: land bank, land bank authority, local land bank authority, Alabama Land Bank Authority, tax delinquent property, tax sale, tax lien, redemption period, quiet title, blight remediation, vacant property, foreclosure, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, intergovernmental agreement, county government, municipal government, redevelopment, brownfields, floodplain management

Transcript Highlights:

• Acequias have the authority to approve and deny water transfers as well. Next slide, please.
• The immediate transfer of water between parties and the Leasing Act helped try to provide that, but I
• think that needs to be looked at again to expedite water transfers when they're absolutely needed, but
• Transfers.
• There's some more detail to the transfers, but I will leave that at that level in the interest of time

Transcript Highlights:

• This amendment also allows clarifying language to ensure that the transfer of a well is certified to
• In other words, when you transfer a well, you have to certify that you're in compliance and that the
• Truck-to-truck transloading often involves transferring fuel to vehicles that have already exceeded the
• Although overweight corridors were designed to facilitate efficient and safe transfers of overweight
• And I think what it does is protect legal terminals, which have bulk transfer facilities.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Pastor Jim Harris of Tilden Baptist Church, followed by remarks from Senator Zaffirini recognizing his service and retirement as an agricultural teacher. The chamber also received a message from the governor on appointments to the Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors. Senators then adopted SR 434 honoring Goodwill Industries of San Antonio’s 80th anniversary, with Senators Gutierrez, Menendez, and Zaffirini praising its workforce training and second-chance employment mission; SR 435 recognizing Dr. Christine Ramos Camacho as Doctor of the Day; and a group of additional resolutions adopted by voice vote. Senator Zaffirini also introduced the McMullen County Day delegation, and Senator Gutierrez introduced the Doctor of the Day. The Senate then took up and passed several bills. SB 1951 addressed penalties for late property rendition filings and removed a financial incentive for appraisal districts; SB 1261 related to financing water supply projects in the state water plan; SB 1620 created a Texas Forensic Analyst Apprenticeship Pilot Program; SB 530 updated higher-education accreditation rules; SB 2183 standardized fireworks sales periods statewide; SB 2368 strengthened the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act and added foreign-affiliation safeguards for electricity market participants; SB 1398 limited children without placement (CWOP) practices and added community-based care transparency; and SB 1960 established digital replication rights for voice and visual likenesses. Each of these bills advanced through suspension of the regular order, passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage, with recorded votes generally showing strong support and some opposition on a few measures. The chamber also debated SB 825, which would require an annual study of the economic, environmental, and financial impacts of illegal immigration. Senators Middleton, Hinojosa, Gutierrez, and Eckhardt debated whether the study should include positive as well as negative impacts; an amendment to require that broader analysis failed, and the bill was left pending after passage to engrossment. Other measures passed included SB 2010, prohibiting political subdivisions from operating guaranteed income programs; SB 546, requiring reporting and continued implementation of school bus seat belts; SB 586, establishing the Historical Texas Cemetery designation program; SB 1150, requiring inactive oil and gas wells to be plugged or returned to production under a compliance plan; SB 1184, lowering the minimum age of wine eligible for sale by wine collection sellers; SB 2185, clarifying bilingual education allotment funding; SB 1923, making child support follow the child in certain temporary placements; SB 2252, expanding early literacy and numeracy supports and screening tools; SB 1870, barring local decriminalization of drugs; and SB 2405, the major TDCJ sunset bill, which included facility planning, parole and rehabilitation reforms, and an amendment protecting parole board discretion. Most of these bills were adopted after floor amendments and passed with recorded votes, often along party-line or near-party-line divisions.

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• Most of that is due to an increase in the transfer from GRF. are at a PTRF of 3.5 billion.
• Recommendations also include a 15.8 billion dollar transfer from GR to the PTRF.
• The new voucher program, the new voucher fund, with a GR transfer.
• A LBB transfer, a GR transfer, it has to come through the appropriations committee to be appropriated
• so that we won't see a transfer outside of session, outside of the appropriator's purview.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• You know, has there been any attempt to solve the issue within the school before transferring?
• the child into parent wants to transfer the child into or<03:32:30.399> hire<03:32:30.760>
• <03:45:15.880> a<03:45:16.040> child<03:45:16.560> to uh to want to transfer
• a child to uh to want to transfer a child to um<03:45:20.199> Simon<03:45:20.600> school
• to schools and the multiple transfers to schools and the lack<03:49:14.600> of<03:49:14.760><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education to require objective, science-based evidence for pedagogical methods. The prime sponsor said the bill is a verbatim reintroduction from the prior session and argued that current federal definitions are too vague, allowing subjective surveys and other weak evidence to justify teaching methods. He said the bill is limited to pedagogy, not subject matter, and is intended to improve student outcomes, reduce fad-driven practices, and potentially save money by limiting unnecessary retraining and new materials. Members asked repeatedly about the bill’s scope, including whether it would affect classroom teachers, curriculum content, and existing instructional approaches such as phonics versus whole language or queuing. The sponsor said the bill applies to state and local education bodies and educator training policies, not individual teachers in their classrooms, and that teachers would retain flexibility. He also said standardized testing could be part of a scientific study but is not itself a study, and that textbook providers could be asked to furnish the studies supporting instructional guidance included in their materials. Several members raised concerns about the fiscal note and possible cost shifts to local districts and taxpayers. The sponsor disputed the idea that the bill would necessarily create major new costs or require additional staff, saying any costs would likely be limited and that the department is already applying federal evidence-based rules. He also said if some current methods are not science-based, updating them would be justified even if there were some initial expense. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• committee clerk will read: S-6463, an act to amend the Correction Law in relation to authorizing the transfer
• S-6463, an act to amend the Correction Law in relation to authorizing the transfer of pregnant and postpartum
• to amend the Correction Law in relation to ... the correction law in relation to authorizing the transfer

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met under Chair Senator Julia Salazar and considered nine bills, with the first bill laid aside at the sponsor’s request for further stakeholder discussion. The committee then took up measures on correctional policy, including prohibiting county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals, expanding conditional release for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs, requiring at least one formerly incarcerated person on the State Board of Parole, and authorizing vocational training in solar hot water system installation for incarcerated individuals. Members generally expressed support for the rehabilitative and workforce-training goals of several bills. The committee also discussed a bill directing a study of gender disparities in programming and resources between men’s and women’s facilities, with Senator Pete Harckham noting concerns from women in his district about unequal access to programming. Another bill would authorize transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities, and a separate measure would establish emergency management release plans for correctional facilities during declared state disasters. The final bill would provide mental health counseling for correction officers and civilian staff in correctional facilities. Most bills were moved by motion and reported from committee, often with Senator Dean Murray voting no or noting opposition/abstention on several measures. The conditional release bill was reported to Finance, while the others were reported from committee. No additional amendments or substantive votes were described beyond the committee actions on each bill.

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• Appropriations, providing for transfers from the general fund operating reserve to the appropriation
• contingency fund and the Medicaid trust fund, providing a transfer authority if revenue and transfers