Video & Transcript Research : 'Legacy Amendment'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/08/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • amendment to the A1 amendment. amendment to the A1 amendment.
  • It's a technical<01:36:12.360> amendment. technical amendment. technical amendment.
  • Uh questions, debate,<01:36:30.800> amendments. debate, amendments. debate, amendments.
  • Chair, I would offer the A5 amendment. amendment. amendment.
  • So amendments.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 6th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a moment in a long line of history, from the adoption of the 13th Amendment and the 15th Amendment
  • The 13th Amendment and the 15th Amendment in 1865 and 1870, to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the
  • Amendment.”
  • Amendment.
  • very sad legacy for you to leave.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, we've had legacy funds for quite a while.
  • You know, we've had legacy commissioner.
  • of the A1 amendment signify by saying I. of the A1 amendment signify by saying I.
  • > File<01:50:11.840> 3584<01:50:12.800> is A1 amendment to Senate File 3584 is A1 amendment
  • >> As<01:50:30.639> amended. >> As amended. >> As amended.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/21/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • amended. It has already been 76. 1706. amended. It has already been 76. 1706.
  • Chair, there is an A1 amendment. Senator Weber moves the A1 amendment.
  • discussion of the A1 amendment? discussion of the A1 amendment?
  • amendment.
  • amendment strips out um or the A1 amend amendment strips out um or deletes<01:39:21.679> section<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alternatives continues Hawaii's Legacy Alternatives continues Hawaii's Legacy of<00:51:18.319>
  • There's a couple of amendments that one amendment I requested it looks like you've incorporated.
  • Another amendment that I've asked if you could look at very quickly: one additional amendment for the
  • <01:36:24.760> I amendments that uh one amendment I amendments that uh one amendment I requested
  • attend this amendment or proposed amendment<02:00:19.400> would<02:00:19.560> allow<02
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 302, which would repeal the requirement that a provider-patient relationship for medical cannabis certification be established in person first. The Department of Health said it supported the House Draft 2 version as a way to expand patient access, and several testifiers from the medical cannabis community and dispensary industry supported the bill, especially for patients on outer islands or those unable to travel. One witness asked that earlier language removed in committee be restored to further improve access. Representative Shimizu asked whether follow-up in-person visits would still occur, and DOH responded that this varies by provider, with some continuing in-person care and others moving to telehealth for chronic conditions. The committee then took up House Bill 712, relating to the federal 340B drug pricing program and contract pharmacies. The Office of Consumer Protection and the Attorney General’s office both said they supported the bill’s purpose but wanted it clarified and possibly moved into a standalone chapter rather than chapter 481B. Supporters, including Hawaii Pacific Health and the Queen’s Health Systems, said the bill is needed to protect safety-net funding and access to discounted drugs, citing large financial benefits from 340B and losses caused by manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies. PhRMA opposed the bill, arguing the issue is not access to discounts but accountability and transparency in how contract pharmacies distribute benefits, and said it was willing to discuss amendments. Members asked follow-up questions about whether there was data showing misuse; PhRMA said it did not have numbers, while hospital witnesses said the program is federally audited and used appropriately in Hawaii. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1482, HD1, which would tighten hemp and controlled-substance definitions to exclude Schedule I cannabinoids from manufactured hemp products and clarify the treatment of artificially derived cannabis. The Department of Health supported the measure, saying it adds clarity to existing prohibitions. Kūre Hawaii and other supporters said it would close loopholes involving Delta-8 and similar products. An individual testifier urged stronger language to also cover compounds such as HHC, THCA, THCP, and THCO. In response to questions about enforcement against mislabeled hemp products, DOH explained that THC percentages are relative to product weight, that some products can remain under the hemp threshold while still containing significant THC, and that hemp flower is already prohibited from direct retail sale, though enforcement can be complicated and involves both administrative and criminal authorities.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • TechNet is here today to respectfully oppose SB 1050 unless it is amended.
  • TechNet here today to respectfully oppose SB 1050 unless it is amended.
  • The recent amendments raise additional concerns.
  • Opposed unless amended. We align our comments with TechNet. Thank you.
  • We've taken many, many amendments. But we'll keep doing more. I'm open to all of that.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism heard several bills focused on California’s creative economy, sports development, and cultural preservation. SB 226 by Senator Cabaldon would clarify that infrastructure revitalization financing districts may be used for entertainment and sports facilities, with testimony from West Sacramento officials emphasizing that the tool would rely only on project-generated city tax increment and would not affect school districts, counties, or the General Fund. Members discussed the relationship between IRFDs and EIFDs and the distinction between infrastructure financing and direct subsidy of private sports teams or stadiums. SB 865 by Senator Ashby proposed support for destination music festivals, citing the economic impact of events such as Aftershock and Golden Sky in Sacramento and similar festivals elsewhere in the state. Supporters from Visit Sacramento and Danny Wimmer Presents said festivals generate substantial jobs, tax revenue, and tourism spending while promoters bear the financial risk. Several committee members and public witnesses supported the bill as a way to sustain the creative economy, local businesses, and opportunities for artists. The bill passed the committee on a unanimous vote and was sent to Appropriations. SB 1050 by Senator Ashby would require disclosures when synthetic performers are used in advertisements, including audio ads, to inform consumers and protect human performers from displacement. SAG-AFTRA and voice actor advocates argued that consumers deserve to know when an ad uses AI-generated likenesses or voices, while TechNet, the Motion Picture Association, broadcasters, and other industry groups opposed unless amended, raising concerns about overbreadth, audio-only implementation, private enforcement, and the need for clearer exemptions and definitions. Members generally supported the bill’s goal but noted technical issues to refine; it passed unanimously to Judiciary. SB 1073 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would create a voluntary tax checkoff to support the South Los Angeles Black Cultural District. Supporters described the district’s historic and cultural significance and framed the measure as a way to help preserve Black cultural assets amid limited public funding. Members discussed how the checkoff would appear on tax forms statewide, its voluntary nature, and whether it could serve as a model for other districts. The bill also passed unanimously to Appropriations, and the committee later adopted the consent calendar unanimously as well.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 17 (1-30-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk, please introduce any new floor amendments. always open.
  • Clerk, please floor amendments. Mr.
  • introduce any new floor amendments. introduce any new floor amendments.
  • Senate floor amendment two to Senate Bill 3. Senator Hickden.
  • Senate floor amendment one to Senate Bill 34. Senator Rawlings.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, pledge, roll call, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The House clerk then reported that the House had passed House Bills 134, 214, 281, and 416 and requested concurrence. The clerk also read the second-reading calendar, including Senate Bills 1, 3, 48, 84, 105, and 122, and a new filing, Senate Bill 141 on legal advertisements. The Rules Committee later reported those bills to the regular orders or to appropriations, and the Committee on Committees referred several bills to Agriculture and to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor. The chamber then took up and passed Senate Bill 20, relating to city government and training incentive programs for appointed and elected local officials. The sponsor described it as a straightforward measure to encourage training for city officials and board members; it passed unanimously, 35-0. Senate Bill 68, relating to the Kentucky Horse Park, also passed unanimously. Its sponsor said the bill would give Horse Park leadership authority to remove individuals restricted by U.S. Center for SafeSport actions in order to protect guests, staff, and participants. Members also adopted Senate Resolution 65 honoring John and Debbie Rogers on their 50th wedding anniversary and Senate Resolution 50 honoring the Lexington Opera House on its 140th anniversary. Several members requested co-sponsorships on bills and resolutions, and announcements were made about Military Kids Day on February 19 and the Black History Celebration beginning February 3 at the Thomas D. Clark Kentucky History Center. New floor amendments were introduced to Senate Bills 3, 34, and 39, and new filings included Senate Bills 142 and 143 and Senate Resolutions 69 and 70. The Senate then adjourned until 4 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2026.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/24/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's also clarified in the amendment that that amount is added to the base.
  • Should we adopt the A2 amendment first? We can. Uh, Senator Muhammad moves the A2 amendment.
  • Should we adopt the A2 amendment Chair. Should we adopt the A2 amendment first?
  • moves the A2 amendment. moves the A2 amendment.
  • an African women against violence legacy an African women against violence legacy family<01:43:19.840
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • And we do have a late filed amendment.
  • on the amendment, seeing no questions on the amendment.
  • All those in favor of the amendment say I and those opposed nay.
  • The amendment is adopted and now we're back on the bill as amended.
  • But still, his legacy goes on in me and that's very rewarding.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can amend your written testimony. I'd appreciate it. Can I respond? Go for it. I would love...
  • And a lot of the approach, right, is a legacy of the Biden administration's approach, but unfortunately
  • ... ...the approach, right, is a legacy of the Biden administration's approach, but unfortunately, we're
  • have found absolutely shocking, that I've never experienced before, going back to why I filed this amendment
  • Because I protested lawfully under my First Amendment rights, a public figure not attached to BU, who
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Anti-Semitism met for its 11th meeting and approved the minutes from its August 7 meeting. Co-chairs said the commission had recently completed preliminary K-12 recommendations and would continue work on higher education, with additional topics such as workplace issues, the medical sector, and the arts to be addressed before the November 30 reporting deadline. They also said another public comment meeting would be held this fall. The first testimony came from Dr. Mark Posnansky of Harvard Medical School, who described anti-Semitism affecting STEM, research, and higher education. He said Jewish and Israeli students and faculty reported ostracism, gaslighting, intimidation, discrimination, and hiding Jewish identity, and he urged clear leadership statements, mandatory anti-Semitism education, and stronger reporting and discipline procedures. Commissioners asked about Harvard training, spillover into teaching hospitals, and whether anti-Semitic climates were causing students to leave; he said some students had turned down opportunities because of the environment and that concerns also affected healthcare settings. Lindsey Gabbo, a Harvard Law student and mother, testified that campus discourse after October 7 had made Jewish and Zionist students feel isolated and unwelcome, with protests, defaced hostage posters, and a student council BDS vote contributing to the climate. She said Harvard had sent some emails acknowledging anti-Semitism but that she had not seen meaningful steps to restore dialogue, and she argued the school needed more structured venues for conversation. Commissioners also asked about campus security, the effect on students’ mental health, and the impact of chants and protests that she said many Jewish students understood as calls to violence. A panel of concerned Jewish faculty and staff then offered contrasting views. Professor Jeremy Menchick argued the commission should use data carefully, include non-Zionist Jews in its analysis, and avoid reinforcing divisions within the Jewish community. Professor Hilary Lustick described restorative-practice approaches and said structured dialogue could address conflict without immediate punishment. Professor Jonathan Feingold warned that anti-Semitism was being weaponized by the Trump administration and right-wing groups to attack universities and DEI, and he urged the commission not to adopt approaches that could be used to undermine civil rights institutions. Commissioners pushed back on claims that the problem was being exaggerated or reduced to a “problem” rather than a “crisis,” and the discussion ended with continued debate over data, context, and how to balance anti-Semitism concerns with broader civil-rights protections.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 19, March 4, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment First time on the amendment.
  • So, on and against the amendment. amendment. amendment.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • Representative Andrew on the amendment. amendment. amendment.
  • Okay, second time on the amendment. amendment. amendment.
Keywords: 916, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 04-15-2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And during his tenure, the number of FQHCs expanded, the program expanded, so that's his real legacy
  • And during his tenure, the number of FQHCs expanded, the program expanded, so that's his real legacy
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met on April 15 to consider several gubernatorial nominations, with the chair reminding the public that written testimony had been reviewed and testimony time would be limited. The first nominee, James Landgraf (GM 528) for the Board of Certification of Public Water System Operators, was supported by the Department of Health and testified that his water-system experience would help ensure certification standards protect safe drinking water, including on Maui and the other islands. Committee members asked about his background and Maui water issues, and the chair later recommended advise and consent. The committee also heard GM 552 for Pina Lemosu to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, but Lemosu was absent due to illness. Daintry Bartoldus of the council testified in strong support, citing Lemosu’s lived experience, critical thinking, and advocacy on disability and employment issues. The committee deferred decision-making on this nomination until the next day. For GM 717, Annabelle Stone for the Language Access Advisory Council, testimony from Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant Migrant Resource Center and Aloha Care emphasized her interpreter background, bilingual skills, and commitment to equitable access for limited-English-proficient residents. Stone said her public health and community experience would help the council, and the chair recommended advise and consent. The final nomination, GM 782, was John McComas for the Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Supporters including Jack Lewin and Aloha Care highlighted McComas’s long career in health care, including leadership at Aloha Care and work on expanding community health resources. McComas said he wanted to continue contributing to health care access statewide after retirement. The committee took no objections on the nominations it voted on and adopted the chair’s recommendations to advise and consent for GM 528, GM 717, and GM 782, while GM 552 was deferred.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 8th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Monica’s students love her, and she has built a legacy mentoring future teachers.
  • session, let us remember the lessons of that founding generation and build a state that honors their legacy
Summary: The transcript covers the opening of the Arkansas House and a joint session of the 95th General Assembly’s fiscal session. The House first established a quorum, granted leave for absent members, recognized guests, and adopted House Resolution 1001 to convene a joint session with the Senate for Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s address. Several bills and resolutions were read for the record, including House Resolution 1002 and House Bills 1001, 102, and 103, before the House recessed to await the Senate and then the governor. In the joint session, leaders recognized the late Representative Stan Barry with a moment of silence, introduced constitutional officers, judges, and other guests, and appointed committees to escort the governor. Governor Sanders then delivered a lengthy fiscal-session address focused on her budget priorities and policy agenda. She emphasized continued funding for education under LEARNS, teacher pay and literacy gains, public safety and law enforcement funding, government efficiency and tax cuts, and the 1033 initiative aimed at helping vulnerable Arkansans move from crisis to self-sufficiency. She also urged lawmakers to avoid new Medicaid mandates or ongoing spending and said she would call a special session to cut income taxes further if the budget is passed. After the governor’s remarks, the joint session adjourned. The House then reconvened briefly, adopted a motion to adjourn until the next day, and announced that the Joint Budget Committee would meet later that afternoon and again the following morning.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

March 13, 2026 - Regular Session

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise today to celebrate and recognize the life and legacy of Eva Marie Coles-Coldwell Baker, an extraordinary
  • Her legacy lives on not only through the memories that we have, the people that she uplifted, me right
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 4, 2025 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • AND THERE IS ALSO JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF LEGACY PHOSPHORUS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE LAKE FOR HUNDREDS OF
  • THEY DO A LOT OF ISSUES WITH MOK AND LEGACY NUTRIENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT IT'S HARD TO COMPARE APPLES
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 14th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • He left a legacy of service that continues to be remembered by the people in Brooks County to this day
  • Today, we're joined by his mother, Mizana Hernandez, whose strength is a reminder of the legacy her son
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony and took action on a series of transportation-related bills. Early in the meeting, Senator Hagenbuch presented HB 647, which would let drivers who have had corrective eye surgery update their licenses by submitting physician verification without an in-person DMV visit; he argued it would reduce DMV lines, though a fiscal note estimated setup costs. The committee also heard HB 2029, a cleanup bill clarifying that travel trailers are not subject to safety inspections after prior legislation removed inspections for trailers and all vehicles, and HB 4804, which would remove Texas’s CDL appeals hearing process to align with federal law and avoid jeopardizing highway funds, while also authorizing DPS action related to the terrorist offender registry. All three bills were left pending after testimony, along with HB 2003, which would require annual public reporting by entities with projects in the Texas Rail Plan, especially in light of the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project and landowner concerns; supporters said it would improve transparency, while opponents warned it would force disclosure of proprietary financial information from a private project. The committee also heard HB 2775, adding Ector County and Odessa to the I-27 Advisory Committee, and HB 791, authorizing a specialty plate for Central Catholic High School in San Antonio; both were left pending after brief discussion and no opposition testimony. The committee then heard several local or commemorative measures. HB 1242 would designate part of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County as the Ernesto Solis-Cantu Memorial Highway, and HB 2061 would name a bridge on State Highway 242 in Montgomery County for Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez. Hernandez’s mother testified emotionally in support, describing his military service and the family’s wish to have the bridge mark his return home; members responded supportively. The committee also heard HB 1729, which would impose term limits on Freeport commissioners, and HB 3751, transferring a DPS commercial vehicle enforcement office building in Woodville from TxDOT to DPS. HB 3611, the “bandit sign” bill, was presented as a targeted enforcement measure against illegal commercial signs in medians and right-of-ways, with added safeguards to avoid affecting political signs and to require written notice before fines. All of these bills were left pending after testimony. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out multiple bills favorably. HB 3751, HB 261/HB 2061, HB 647, HB 791, HB 1242, HB 1729, HB 2003, HB 2029, HB 2775, HB 3611, HB 4804, and HB 2522 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, generally on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Most were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar, though HB 2029 was ultimately not placed there after an objection. The committee then recessed.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't want my legacy to be that I slap...
  • I don't want my legacy to be that I slap the people in the face of Birmingham and Jefferson County, that
Bills: SB330
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Health Policy Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're recognized to close the amendment on the amendment.
  • But now we're on the amendment to the amendment.
  • Are there questions on the amendment to the amendment?
  • All in favor of amendment say yea oppose nay. The amendment. The amendment is adopted.
  • We're on the amendment. We have had appearance cards on the Amendment. Is amendment right. Okay.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • When the fair share amendment was pitched to the voters of the Commonwealth in 2022, it was presented
  • minimum wage, establishing earned sick and paid family medical leave, and passing the Fair Share Amendment
  • And we believe that the investments in transportation and education that the Fair Share Amendment has
  • However, because of the Fair Share Amendment, we in Massachusetts have the ability to alleviate some
  • Due to the revenue from the Fair Share Amendment, we are better positioned than most states to weather
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 55, the governor’s FY25 supplemental budget proposal to spend about $1.3 billion in surplus Fair Share revenue. House and Senate chairs framed the bill as a one-time opportunity to invest fairly in education and transportation, while also noting the need to protect the state’s long-term fiscal balance. Administration officials said the proposal should be considered alongside the FY26 budget and related bills, since the governor’s broader Fair Share plan aims for roughly an even split between education and transportation over time. Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz, Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, and Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler outlined the administration’s priorities. Transportation funding would go mainly to the MBTA and related reserves, including money for the Federal Transit Administration reserve, MBTA stabilization reserve, low-income fares, winter resilience, RTA workforce support, MassDOT workforce and project delivery, and micro-transit grants. Education funding would support universal preschool expansion, early education and care capacity, early literacy tutoring, adult basic education and ESOL, early college and career technical education, MyCAP expansion, and special education circuit breaker funding. The administration emphasized that many of these investments are one-time or multi-year measures designed to address current needs without creating unsustainable recurring costs. Committee members raised concerns about regional equity, especially the large share of transportation money going to the MBTA versus regional transit authorities and rural areas. Several members asked for more detail on how the proposal would benefit Western Massachusetts and other non-MBTA regions, and whether micro-transit and Chapter 90-related investments would be sufficient. Education questions focused on special education reimbursement shortfalls, federal funding cuts to school districts, and how CTE and vocational investments would align students with workforce needs. The administration said it would provide additional data on MBTA versus RTA investment and explained that the special education circuit breaker and transportation reimbursement changes were intended to improve predictability and relief for districts. After the administration panel, Jessica Tang of AFT Massachusetts testified in support of using Fair Share funds to protect public education amid federal uncertainty and cuts. She argued that schools are facing a fiscal cliff, that vulnerable students would be hit hardest by funding losses, and that the Fair Share revenue should be used to preserve services and support students’ needs.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And sometimes those contract amendments just can get held up or delayed.
  • Because the amendment part, you wouldn't have to go through the whole process just for an amendment on
  • That allows amendments, including potentially amending the limits on private enrollment in terms of the
  • I do not care to recognize the legacy of governors past or present.
  • Those are tangible investments that actually will increase the legacy of our leaders.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The subcommittee first heard May Revision items for child support, child care, and related human services. The Department of Child Support Services described two technical adjustments, which the LAO said raised no concerns. The Department of Social Services then walked through child care proposals, including a shift in how federal and Proposition 64 funding reductions would be absorbed, a 2.01% COLA, disaster-related child care infrastructure grants, an increase in in-contract administrative support costs for alternative payment agencies, reversion of prospective-pay implementation funding after a federal rule change, a one-time allocation to cover the first quarter of Cost of Care Plus payments in the next fiscal year, reappropriation for existing infrastructure grant closeout work, and estimates of unspent child care funds. The department also outlined trailer bill language on a single rate structure, site safety and emergency procedures, CalWORKs child care data sharing, and child care oversight. The LAO recommended that the Legislature seek more justification for shifting reductions from General Child Care to the Alternative Payment Program, noting that CAP reductions affect more slots and that General Child Care has had significant unspent funds. It supported removing prospective-pay funding, but recommended rejecting the administrative cost shift to a percentage-based rate because it could create future General Fund pressure. It also suggested the Legislature review alignment between the disaster grants and the child care infrastructure program. Senators and members pressed the administration on why the budget would reduce child care slots and COLA percentages while the state still has waitlists and unspent funds, and questioned the need for early funding of Cost of Care Plus payments and the move from a flat administrative amount to a percentage. Public commenters, including providers, advocates, county offices, and infrastructure partners, urged full COLA funding, preservation of child care slots, support for prospective pay, and continued investment in child care access and facilities. After a short recess, the committee moved to Part B on health and heard the Department of State Hospitals. DSH presented a May Revision budget of $3.2 billion and described proposals for a central utility plant replacement at Metropolitan State Hospital, an electronic health record implementation, reduced county bed billing authority due to phased-in LPS bed capacity, limited contract exemption authority for online clinical subscriptions, reversion of prior-year unspent operating funds, and a workforce development proposal shifting some costs to Behavioral Health Services Act funds, including support for an additional psychiatric training cohort at Napa. The department also outlined IST-related savings and a trailer bill to remove the sunset on the independent placement panel program.