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• Information law for a member of a governing board for the Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency
• school districts by the Sunset Advisory Commission. ...Advisory Commission for the Committee on Delivery
• relating to the distribution of and access to state agency publications. ...for the Committee on Delivery
• buildings and facilities leased and otherwise occupied by the state, referred to the Committee on Delivery
• HB 4395 by Turner, relating to the electronic submission and delivery of public security records and

Bills: HJR4 , HJR6 , HB195 , HB 13 , HB143 , HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• Item C is your alternative delivery method construction project over $5 million.
• This is the alternative delivery method project, Mr. Chair.
• Any questions on this alternative delivery project? Seeing none, entertain motion. Motion. Second.
• This is the alternative delivery method project, Mr. Chair.
• Any questions on this alternative delivery project? Seeing none, entertain motion. Motion. Second.

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Keywords: 1204, all

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• legislatively, which we have done, you know, legislatively, particularly when it comes to labor and delivery
• important just to have that discussion and recognize, you know, we did that particularly with labor and delivery
• And we know that those rates have to be adjusted, you know, for labor and delivery so that we don't lose
• I appreciate the fact that we came together to say rates have to be increased for labor and deliveries
• so that women can have healthier babies and healthy deliveries.

Committee: All ALC-PEER

Keywords: 1204, all

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• oversee direct staff, Massachusetts can strengthen its existing workforce, ease bottlenecks in service delivery
• result, our modeling assumes that the proposed change would result in a shift in direct service delivery
• New provisions and documentation requirements will increase administrative cost of service delivery.
• These bills ensure that when policies reshape service delivery and quality expectations, reimbursement
• These bills ensure that when policies reshape service delivery and quality expectations, reimbursement

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a range of health care financing bills focused largely on autism services and kidney disease coverage. Committee chairs John Lawn and Cindy Friedman outlined hearing procedures and noted that written testimony would continue to be accepted until each bill is acted upon. They said the day’s bills addressed affordability and access to behavioral health services, provider reimbursement, Medicare coverage for vulnerable patients, and MassHealth eligibility asset exemptions. A major portion of the hearing concerned House Bill 4623, which would recognize board-certified assistant behavior analysts (BCABAs) in the MassHealth reimbursement framework to help address long wait lists for autism spectrum disorder services. Representative Lisa Field and several providers testified that Massachusetts families face long delays for ABA services and that adding BCABAs would expand workforce capacity, reduce costs, and improve access. Wakely actuary Annie Tasman Ewing said a three-tier model could reduce MassHealth costs by up to 6% annually, while Dr. Sandra Beaton and others described severe wait lists and said the bill would allow more families to be served sooner. The committee also heard extensive testimony on House Bill 4425 and Senate Bill 2737, which would allow people under 65 with end-stage renal disease to purchase Medigap coverage. Representative Stanley, Senator Gomez, and advocates from the American Kidney Fund and Dialysis Patient Citizens argued that current law unfairly excludes these patients, leaves them with high out-of-pocket costs, and can delay transplant eligibility because many centers require secondary insurance. Testifiers said the change would help about 846 residents, could cost insurers only a small premium increase, and might reduce Medicaid spending by avoiding asset spend-downs. Committee members asked questions about the existing statutory carve-out and the practical effects on transplant access. The hearing also included testimony on House Bill 4353 and Senate Bill 2587, which would require regular Medicaid rate reviews for ABA services. Providers and clinicians said current MassHealth rates no longer reflect the cost of delivering care, especially with new 2026 policy requirements, workforce shortages, and accreditation obligations. They emphasized that the bills would not mandate a rate increase but would create a data-driven, transparent review process. At the end of the hearing, the chairs thanked participants, invited additional written testimony, and the committee voted unanimously to adjourn the hearing.

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• Item C is an alternative delivery method project.
• Item C is an alternative delivery method project.
• So this is the alternative delivery method project, Mr. Chair.
• Any questions on alternative delivery? Senator Bryant, thank you, Mr. Chair.
• This is for the delivery of TANF and SNAP benefits to Arkansas citizens through ATM machines and point-of-sale

Committee: All ALC-REVIEW

Summary: The review subcommittee met to consider a supplemental agenda, methods of finance, an alternative delivery project, discretionary grants, and a large slate of construction, out-of-state, and in-state contracts. The supplemental item was a $2.6 million out-of-state contract with Tyler Technologies for a mobile app that would let citizens access state services through a single sign-on, initially for DFA vehicle and licensing services, with possible expansion to other agencies. Members also reviewed five methods of finance, including University of Arkansas projects for roof and cooling tower replacements, a new $100 million academic classroom building at U of A Fayetteville, a police department renovation at UA Fort Smith, and a boiler/chiller replacement at Hope-Texarkana. Questions focused on project timing, why some items were being reviewed after work had begun, and the high estimated cost of the Fayetteville classroom building; DFA explained that projects under $250,000 are not reviewed and that the larger project was still in design and would later seek a guaranteed maximum price. The committee also reviewed two DHS discretionary grants: one for targeted youth advocacy in southwest Arkansas and another adding $582,000 for family-centered treatment training and implementation. In the services contract section, members discussed construction-related contracts, including an ASMSA electrical scope increase tied to three-phase power requirements and the U of A Fayetteville architect contract for the classroom building. Out-of-state contracts included major items such as ACT Education’s $17 million amendment to provide required pre-ACT testing for 9th and 10th graders, a $12.5 million DFA contract for rural health transformation grant management, DHS’s $16.5 million EBT services contract with updated chip-card and fraud-prevention features, and ADH’s special procurement for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. The committee also reviewed U of A system consulting contracts for financial advisory and sponsorship strategy work, with university officials saying the outside expertise was needed for specialized planning and revenue-generation efforts. In-state contracts covered corrections reentry services, nursing board investigations, foster care and child welfare services, DHS office janitorial work, emergency management radio system expansion, veterans’ home nursing staffing, and UAMS grants consulting. A lengthy exchange centered on the Department of Corrections’ reentry housing contract, with members pressing officials about vacant beds and urging fuller use of the program, while corrections staff said placements depend on screening and eligibility. Another discussion addressed the balance between out-of-state and in-state contracting, with a member noting the large dollar volume going to out-of-state vendors and asking whether Arkansas vendors receive any preference; State Procurement said current law does not allow an in-state preference. The committee approved the supplemental agenda, the methods of finance, the alternative delivery project, the discretionary grants, and the contract lists, and then received routine reports and an emergency action report before adjourning.

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• available under this piece of legislation for events such as farmers markets or festivals and then the delivery
• farmers markets or festivals uh and then farmers markets or festivals uh and then the<00:13:32.000><c> delivery
• </c><00:13:32.480><c> services</c><00:13:33.120><c> amendments</c><00:13:33.760><c> as</c> the delivery
• services amendments as the delivery services amendments as well.<00:13:34.399><c> So</c><00:13:34.959

Bills: SB265 , HB593

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: data processing centers, tax abatements, economic development, construction related taxes, energy infrastructure, small craft distilleries, wineries, alcoholic beverages, licensing, craft beverage industry, 1136, house, all

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• Members, this is a request bill from DHS to modify the delivery of any role changes for child care facilities
• Picking back off of Representative Hill's question, it's simply adding in electronic delivery as an option
• to the current law. ...electronic delivery as an option to the current law of physical delivery, okay

Bills: HB4422 , HB4117 , HB4300 , HB4298 , HB2984 , HB3344

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Keywords: immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy

Summary: The Children, Youth, and Family Committee met for its first meeting, with the chair emphasizing a shared goal of improving outcomes for children and families and describing the bills before the committee as work in progress. The committee first adopted a working draft and heard House Bill 4422, which would require applicants for welfare benefits to be checked through the SAVE system to verify American citizenship; the speaker said amendments removed earlier child-only and WIC changes. The bill was reported out 7-1. The committee then considered several DHS- and child welfare-related measures. House Bill 4117 would broaden the definition of family resource centers to better reflect Oklahoma organizations and support access to public and private grants, including faith-based and workforce-training efforts; it was reported due pass after discussion about the range of services such centers provide. House Bill 4298 would allow child care facilities to receive rule-change notices electronically instead of only by mail, while preserving mail delivery as an option, and House Bill 4300 would add a fingerprint requirement to child care background checks to align state law with federal Child Care Development Fund requirements; both were reported due pass. House Bill 2984 would direct DHS to seek a waiver limiting SNAP purchases to Oklahoma in order to reduce out-of-state card skimming and fraud; members discussed border-area concerns and possible radius exceptions, but the bill was reported out 6-0. The final major measure was House Bill 3344, a foster care bill intended to improve placement and support for foster children and families. The author said the bill was only a starting point and that he had been working with DHS, judges, and other stakeholders; members raised concerns about a felony penalty in the bill, and the author said that provision would be revised as the bill moved forward. The committee passed the bill 7-0. Several members also used the discussion to stress the need for stronger funding for vulnerable populations and state agencies, especially foster care and mental health services. The meeting ended with plans for further revisions and a follow-up meeting the next Wednesday.

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• You, you, the, the baby's terminated and then there's a, a drug that induces the delivery of the.
• So we're saying subsection A does not prohibit the possession, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery
• Delivery or provision. Of one of these drugs.
• Mailing, transport, delivery, prescribing, providing, um, an abortion-inducing drug, but then there are

Bills: HB 229 , HB 3990 , HB 5082 , HB 5510

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, flags, display, state law, municipalities, government buildings, drug enforcement, local control, home rule, municipal charter, county policy, ordinance preemption, state preemption, attorney general enforcement, civil penalties, mandamus

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• 83% of the children being enrolled in center-based or family child care settings within the mixed delivery
• talking about student success, at the center of all that is the provision of learning, and the primary delivery
• Part of the funding goes to the Massachusetts Library System to pay for statewide delivery of library
• besides not having enough educators to fly these planes, we don't even have the money to cover the fuel
• towns, and especially the smaller towns in Massachusetts, are struggling to keep any kind of service delivery

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

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• I am vice president of transportation and fuels at the Great Plains Institute.
• </c><00:03:56.879><c> at</c> president of transportation and fuels at president of transportation and
• fuels at the<00:03:57.120><c> Great</c><00:03:57.360><c> Plains</c><00:03:57.760><c> Institute.
• for animal feed, corn oil that goes to make biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel
• </c><00:07:48.560><c> production</c> additional clean fuel production additional clean fuel production

Bills: HF3217 , HF2252

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: bioindustrial facilities, economic development, renewable energy, advanced biofuels, state funding, HF2252, Minnesota bonding, volume cap, private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, public facility bonds, public facilities pool, unified pool, bond allocation, municipal finance, bond cap, housing bonds, residential rental projects, manufacturing bonds, enterprise zone bonds

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• not really interested in all types of energy, but instead is very committed and focused on Fossil fuels
• We know that the burning of fossil fuels contributes to climate change, the impacts of which Hawaii faces

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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• </c><01:28:15.960><c> system</c> or whatever whatever delivery system or whatever whatever delivery system
• </c> transition between supervision delivery transition between supervision delivery systems<01:29:45.400
• </c><01:30:46.000><c> We've</c> authority in the delivery system.
• We've authority in the delivery system.
• </c> also provide good delivery of service. also provide good delivery of service.

Bills: HF3753 , HF4299 , HF4700 , HF4282 , HF4139 , HF3530 , HF4031

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: school safety, threat assessment, pilot project, education, real-time monitoring, public safety, HF4299, school safety specialists, Minnesota School Safety Center, appropriation, general fund, fiscal year 2026, school security, school violence prevention, student safety, Department of Public Safety, school resource support, education funding, peace officer, training reimbursement

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• </c><00:14:48.399><c> system</c> include um delivery system include um delivery system transformation
• So that's one example of policies that you might see in the Health Cost Coverage and Delivery database
• </c> health cost coverage and delivery health cost coverage and delivery database.<00:36:09.760><c> We've
• </c> health cost coverage and delivery health cost coverage and delivery database.<00:36:34.800><c> I
• It also includes attention to alternative delivery systems or alternative payment models for rural health

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• </c><02:05:00.400><c> So,</c><02:05:00.560><c> as</c><02:05:00.800><c> jet</c><02:05:01.040><c> fuel,
• </c> So, as jet fuel, we have another company called Hawaii Fueling Facilities Corporation that has pipes
• So, they take that fuel, keep it in a duty-dutyable state.
• Okay, that jet, because that is now going out as an export, can be loaded up with fuel leaving Hawaii
• </c><02:05:26.320><c> leaving</c><02:05:26.639><c> Hawaii</c> be loaded up with fuel leaving Hawaii be

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• you know, the thing that I want to be really clear about how this came to us is because the fossil fuel
• industry was trying to fossil fuel industry was trying to investigate<00:46:57.680><c> their</c><00:
• Like doesn’t bode well for my inclination to fossil fuel companies or tech companies.
• </c> the actions of the fossil fuel the actions of the fossil fuel companies.<00:47:55.320><c> Like</
• to fossil fuel companies or tech<00:47:59.080><c> companies.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ,</c><00:42:11.280><c> biio</c> sustainable aviation fuel, biio sustainable aviation fuel, biio manufacturing
• We could be fueling ships with green methanol, decarbonizing.
• We could be fueling ships with underway.
• We could be fueling ships with green<01:23:23.600><c> methanol,</c><01:23:24.159><c> decarbonizing.
• </c> might ship sustainable aviation fuel might ship sustainable aviation fuel that's<01:23:44.960><c

Bills: HF4862 , HF4598

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician

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• to address multidisciplinary research areas like biomass energy development, sustainable aviation fuels
• Aviation fuels and various methods<03:13:13.800><c> for</c><03:13:14.239><c> improving</c><03:13:14.960
• in America I introduced this bill fuel in America I introduced this bill La<03:14:42.520><c> in</c><
• Together, these agencies can fuel innovation across multiple disciplines, including physics, quantum
• 03:20:20.319><c> can</c> Academia together these agencies can Academia together these agencies can fuel

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Is that fuel? Is that manpower as well?
• Is that fuel? Is that manpower as well?
• Is that fuel? Is that manpower as well? It is.
• Is that fuel? Is that manpower as well? It is.
• Is that fuel? Is that manpower as well? It is.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.

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• Research has shown that having doulas on the delivery team results in decreased need for medical interventions
• like assisted vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections.
• who face the greatest challenges, experiencing 134.4 severe maternal morbidity cases per 100,000 deliveries

Bills: HB2140 , HB2610 , HB3121 , HB3339

Committee: House S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Keywords: maternal health, mortality review, health committee, obstetrics, public health, Medicaid, cancer treatment, healthcare reimbursement, physical therapy, dental services, protheses, compression garments, mortality, morbidity, doula services, disparities, Black women, maternal mortality, health disparities, socioeconomic status

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• Plastics are made of fossil fuels. They are coated in plastics, in chemicals.
• Unfortunately, what it did was instead create a loophole, and that loophole has fueled widespread housing
• and Peter Moyer, for S. 1596 and H. 2488, an act relative to monitoring dry casks of spent nuclear fuel
• The Nuclear Decommissioning Panel said in June of 2019 that tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel
• Nearby high-pollution transportation corridors, including the diesel-fueled Fairmount Line, contribute

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a lengthy hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills related to environmental health, PFAS, medical device chemicals, food access, lead poisoning, air quality, oral health, and school food additives. Chair Driscoll and Chair Decker emphasized that the hearing was for testimony only, no decisions would be made that day, and that written testimony could still be submitted. They also noted the high volume of speakers and asked witnesses to keep remarks brief. A major portion of the hearing focused on PFAS-related legislation, including bills to restrict PFAS in products and food packaging and to create a PFAS remediation trust fund. Municipal officials and advocates described the high costs of PFAS cleanup, especially for drinking water systems, citing Easton’s multimillion-dollar treatment investments and rate increases. Testimony from legislators and advocates argued that Massachusetts should act despite federal uncertainty, and that the state should stop PFAS at the source rather than leaving municipalities and residents to pay for remediation. The committee also heard strong support for a bill banning DEHP in medical devices, with physicians, nurses, and a bill sponsor saying the chemical can leach from IV bags and tubing and that safer alternatives already exist. The committee also heard testimony on bills to establish statewide food truck permitting, with food truck owners and a senator describing the current system as costly, duplicative, and inconsistent across municipalities. Another set of witnesses supported the “Bean New Deal,” which would expand plant-based food options in public institutions, senior nutrition programs, and WIC, citing health, equity, and cost savings. On lead poisoning, housing advocates and a representative backed bills to expand lead-safe housing requirements to all rental units, arguing the current law contributes to discrimination against families with children and leaves too much pre-1978 housing uncertified. The committee also heard support for an outdoor air pollution bill that would create an advisory committee, identify pollution hotspots, expand monitoring, and set reduction targets, with testimony from environmental justice groups, pediatricians, and legislators describing disproportionate asthma and other health harms in overburdened communities. Later testimony addressed oral health bills to create dental therapists and allow dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide, with supporters saying the measures would expand access, reduce costs, and help underserved patients. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to prohibit harmful food dyes in competitive school foods, with parents describing behavioral and health concerns tied to synthetic dyes. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.