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• It's actually written to me right now, the executive officer, but they submit a letter.
• For these reasons, I respectfully urge your support of the BRN Sunset Report as written.
• For these reasons, I respectfully urge your support of the BRN Sunset Report as written.
• I also wanted to express my support of the BRN language as written.
• I just wanted to express my agreement with the points raised by Dr. Palmer and Dr. Riggs.

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate Business and Professions sunset oversight hearing focused first on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), with chairs emphasizing oversight, consumer protection, workforce access, and the need to evaluate whether licensing boards are functioning efficiently. BRN leadership reported major process improvements since the last sunset review, including faster license processing, streamlined enforcement, improved consumer satisfaction, and growth in nursing education enrollment. Members questioned the board extensively about nurse practitioner scope and supervision, international licensure, online nursing programs and clinical placements, military pathways, the 30-unit LVN-to-RN option, workforce shortages, diversity in nursing, and retention of new graduates. The board explained California’s tiered APRN system, the NCLEX and national certification requirements, clinical hour standards, and its role in approving programs and assigning nursing education consultants. Public testimony on the BRN was mixed: nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthetist groups largely supported the sunset report and especially the proposed APRN-to-RN delegation language, while physician and hospital stakeholders raised concerns about out-of-state NP practice, specialty delegation, ratios, and the need for regulatory parity and clearer standards. Higher education representatives urged reduced duplication in documentation, more flexible clinical placement rules, and better coordination to address bottlenecks in placements and faculty hiring. The committee did not take a vote during the excerpted BRN discussion. The hearing then moved to the Physical Therapy Board of California, where the board’s president began an overview of the board’s mission, structure, vacancies, and public-protection role under the Physical Therapy Practice Act. The transcript excerpt ends before substantive questioning, testimony, or any action on the physical therapy item is shown.

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• </c> tuition agreements are negotiated rates. tuition agreements are negotiated rates.
• I can do tuition agreements.
• We have area agreements.
• I can do tuition agreements. I hardship. I can do tuition agreements.
• We have area agreements. We each other?" We have area agreements.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• have not agreed to including the management of albuterol as part of their job description to file a written
• letter of refusal declining to manage albuterol, and it ...to file a written letter of refusal declining
• the student's eligibility for services will be determined, unless the parent or guardian provides a written
• It provides that, absent a written waiver, a school district's failure to provide the evaluation report
• This amendment combines agreements from the Department of Health, OSPI, and school nurses to lean instead

Bills: HB2007 , HB2360 , HB2369 , HB2432 , HB2440 , HB2534 , HB2557

Committee: House Education

Keywords: competency-based assessment, graduation requirements, education reform, student opportunity, pathway options, albuterol, asthma, inhaler, rescue inhaler, respiratory emergency, school nurse, student medication, self-administration, anaphylaxis, public schools, private schools, charter schools, tribal compact schools, K-12 health, medication policy

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill prohibits non-compete agreements for broadcast workers.
• House Bill 2359, banning nondisclosure agreements between data center companies and municipalities.
• And then the next community didn't sign an agreement as good or better? Everybody should know that.
• to nondisclosure agreements, Madam Speaker, this legislation quietly expands government authority.
• But if you're being asked at any level to sign those nondisclosure agreements, it's easy: say no.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests, including a student advocate and family members connected to a resolution on scoliosis awareness. The chamber first took up committee reports from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, and later Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection, agreeing to the reported bills and resolutions. House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, was adopted 201-1 after remarks describing the condition and the advocacy of a young constituent. The House also adopted resolutions designating Diaper Need Awareness Week, directing a study on PANS/PANDAS, recognizing 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania, with broad bipartisan support. The House then considered several bills on final passage. House Bill 2146, updating the Sunshine Act’s 24-hour agenda notice rule after a court ruling, and Senate Bills 130, 511, 971, 972, 1181, and 1235 were agreed to. House Bill 1239, limiting HOA restrictions on rooftop solar, drew multiple amendments; some were withdrawn, and others failed on tied votes, after debate over HOA governance, native plants, and net metering. House Bill 2219, on license plates and transportation provisions, had an amendment agreed to removing indemnification language for elected officials at special events, and then passed as amended. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, saw an amendment to preserve limited non-competes fail, and the bill passed. House Bill 2359, prohibiting government NDAs related to data centers, passed 171-31 after extensive debate over transparency and local control. The chamber also passed House Bill 2455, granting Pittsburgh school administrators collective bargaining rights, despite objections that existing appeal protections already exist; it passed 106-96. House Bill 2460, creating hunting and trapping education provisions, passed 180-22 after debate over whether it duplicated existing law and imposed a mandate. House Bill 2499, expanding the State Workers’ Insurance Fund’s equity investment authority, passed 173-29. House Bill 2529, scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance, passed 198-4 amid testimony about overdose risks and concerns about criminalization. Senate Bill 604, joining the Counseling Compact, passed 188-14, and Senate Bill 1259, clarifying parole record privilege and expanding notice to denied parole applicants, passed unanimously 202-0. The House then made referrals and committee assignments, signed the two Senate bills for presentation to the Governor, and adjourned until July 1, 2026.

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• The agreement? No.
• Yeah, so another thing, okay, so we have the federal law, we have the primacy agreement and stuff, so
• still again, is there anything in the primacy agreement or in the Supremacy Clause?
• I believe the way that it's written, the answer is no.
• Not the way this is written.

Summary: The committee took up public comment on a package of similar local-option bills related to carbon capture and sequestration, including House Bills 5, 6, 497, 498, 501, and 504. The bills would let parishes, or in some cases specific parishes such as Rapides and Livingston, decide by local vote whether Class VI wells, CO2 sequestration, and related pipeline infrastructure could be permitted. The chair grouped the bills together for testimony, adopted a three-minute public comment rule, and noted that the bills were not yet under consideration for a vote during the public-comment portion. Supporters, including Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, parish officials, local activists, and residents, argued that communities affected by carbon capture projects should have a direct voice through local option elections. They said the bills were about self-determination, local control, and allowing residents to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. Several speakers said their parishes had passed resolutions opposing carbon capture or asking for local choice, while others emphasized concerns about eminent domain, aquifer protection, lack of public understanding, and the need for more information about project impacts and financial benefits. Some supporters also said a local vote would force industry to engage more directly with communities and could improve transparency. Opponents, including representatives of the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Louisiana Chemistry Association, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, warned that the bills would create uncertainty, undermine Louisiana’s primacy over Class VI permitting, and invite litigation under federal preemption and the Supremacy Clause. They said the state already has a strict permitting process with public input and technical review, and that allowing parish-by-parish approval could delay or block billions of dollars in investment, jobs, and export-related projects. The department testified that if the state adopted a local-option referendum system, EPA could determine Louisiana was not implementing the program consistently and could move to remove primacy. No committee vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• It requires the plans are developed in collaboration and in agreement with staff and lays out some of
• It requires the plans are developed in collaboration and in agreement with staff and lays out some of
• staff is detailed in that agreement.
• staff is detailed in that agreement.
• because they would incur a is written because they would incur a $25,000<00:48:31.119><c> fine.

Committee: Senate Labor

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• into the tax incentive uh it's written into the tax incentive of<00:47:10.040><c> the</c><00:47:10.200
• with the school district and the utility, EXL Energy, to step into their position in their agreements
• </c><00:52:46.319><c> with</c><00:52:46.480><c> the</c><00:52:46.599><c> school</c> into their agreement
• with the school into their agreement with the school district<00:52:47.599><c> and</c><00:52:47.799>
• with EXL energy and the agreements with EXL energy and the school<00:52:54.960><c> district</c><00:52

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:

• We stand on our written testimony. Thank you.
• </c> for hsda we stand on our written for hsda we stand on our written testimony<00:06:35.840><c> thank
• </c> Services we stand on our written Services we stand on our written testimony<01:29:06.080><c> in<
• We stand on our written testimony.
• We stand on our written comments, our written testimony, providing comments. Thank you so much.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 627, which concerns Department of Education school safety funding and staffing. DOE said the bill would restore two positions and related funding that had been removed from the governor’s budget: a targeted violence prevention and threat assessment program manager and a security technology manager. DOE described ongoing work on school vulnerability assessments, fire suppression measures, security camera research, panic buttons, and active shooter prevention training. Testifiers from DOE, the Department of Law Enforcement, fire services, HSTA, and an individual witness all supported the bill, with the individual citing a past school shooting experience as a reason to increase school resource officers and safety measures. Members asked about the positions’ duties, how the request differed from existing security funding, and the status of active shooter training; DOE said it would provide more information on training statistics. The committee then took up HB 249, relating to Executive Office on Early Learning family child interaction learning programs. The Early Learning Board, EOEL, Commit to Kids, Early Childhood Action Strategies, Partners in Development Foundation, and others testified in support. EOEL said it currently spends about $800,000 annually on FCI program contracts and supports expanding state funding for FCIL programs, including infant and early childhood mental health, if the appropriation covers the broader scope. Testifiers emphasized that FCIL programs are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and help families and children, with one provider sharing a long-term example of a parent and child benefiting from the program. Members asked how many programs are supported, whether FCIL exists on all islands, and whether the request was in the governor’s budget; EOEL said the expansion was requested by the office but not included in the governor’s budget. HB 429, concerning pre-K expansion, drew broad support from the Lieutenant Governor, EOEL, HSTA, and community groups. Supporters said the Ready Keiki initiative has already opened more than 50 classrooms and would add another 50 over the next two years, including Hawaiian immersion classrooms. EOEL said it currently administers 72 public pre-K classrooms across 74 campuses and that the bill’s funding was included in the governor’s budget request. Testimony stressed kindergarten readiness, affordability for working families, equity across islands, and inclusion classrooms. Members asked about national quality benchmarks, with EOEL stating Hawaii meets 10 of 10 benchmarks and that only five states had done so at the time referenced. The Lieutenant Governor also described construction and delivery efforts, including refurbishing existing classrooms, modular options, possible use of state buildings, and even collaboration with libraries to expand child care access. Finally, the committee heard HB 439 on J-1 teacher licensure. DOE supported the bill, while the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board opposed it, arguing licensure standards are not place-based and should remain rigorous and uniform for all educators. The Attorney General’s office offered technical comments, including replacing “educators” with “teacher” and clarifying the bill’s language on issuance and renewal conditions. Several organizations and individuals testified in support, including school, cultural, business, and educator groups. One witness, a teacher from the Philippines, said J-1 educators are highly qualified and described the rigor of teacher preparation in the Philippines. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Chair, the original version of this resolution was written in such a way that the department felt that
• they could... ...was written in such a way that the department felt that they could not support it because
• recurring interaction involving the provision of those four services, whether or not it's governed by a written
• agreement, and whether or not it involves the transfer of funds.
• And it's my understanding that the way this is written, that it would affect a lot of these nonprofit

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 26 for what was described as the last meeting of the legislative session. H.R. 318 was voluntarily deferred without discussion. The committee first took up H.R. 298, which would have directed the Louisiana Department of Health, with the legislative auditor, to study LDH’s relationships with certain nonprofits, foundations, professional associations, and other nongovernmental entities. The author presented amendments narrowing the definitions, but LDH testified the language was still too broad, would still require substantial review of contracts, memberships, conferences, and related interactions, and would still carry a significant fiscal note. Members raised concerns that hospitals, provider associations, nonprofit care facilities, and other stakeholders could be swept in. The author then voluntarily deferred the resolution, and the committee agreed without objection. The committee then heard Senate Bill 405, which establishes a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities, directs LDH to work with facilities on care standards and remediation for lower-rated homes, and requires reporting and transparency for families. The bill drew broad support from members and stakeholders, including nursing home and senior advocacy groups, and was reported favorably without objection. House Resolution 290, which asked LDH to study a possible correlation between gender-affirming hormone therapy medications and psychosis or related psychiatric conditions in people 26 and younger, prompted questions about the purpose of the study and concerns that it could affect broader policy debates. The author, a licensed clinical social worker, said the request was intended to examine whether medications were being used too quickly and what effects they might have on adolescent mental health; after discussion, the author voluntarily deferred the resolution, and the committee agreed. Finally, the committee considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, urging LDH and commercial insurers to increase reimbursement rates for behavioral health crisis centers operating under a crisis receiving center license. Testimony focused on the Bridge Center for Hope, described as the state’s only Level 3 crisis receiving center, and the need to revisit Medicaid reimbursement for the first 23 hours of crisis care. With no questions or objections, the resolution was adopted. The meeting ended with members thanking the chair and staff, and the committee adjourned for the year.

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• In accordance with the leadership agreement, we provided the state agencies with their operating adjustments
• <00:04:20.000><c> leadership</c> In accordance to the leadership In accordance to the leadership agreement
• , we provided the state agreement, we provided the state agencies<00:04:23.280><c> with</c><00:04:23.440
• </c><00:15:37.279><c> under</c><00:15:37.600><c> certain</c> grant agreements under certain grant agreements
• </c> allows MDE to continue a grant agreement allows MDE to continue a grant agreement if<00:16:01.120

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, we're in a place where there's nothing that a person really can do until the rules are written.
• There's some sort of an agreement that, yeah, we're okay, or can they supersede whatever the agreement
• that, yeah, we're okay, or can they supersede whatever the agreement was and say, now you need to make
• Whatever the agreement was and say, now you need to make sure you add this piece to your food truck.
• And we also require you to have an agreement..." "...the food prep area is clean.

Committees: House Economic Development , House Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, we're in a place where there's nothing that a person really can do until the rules are written.
• that, yeah, we're okay, or can they supersede whatever the agreement was and say, now you need to make
• that, yeah, we're okay, or can they supersede whatever the agreement was and say, now you need to make
• sure you add this piece to your food. ...whatever the agreement was and say, now you need to make sure
• And we also require you to have an agreement the food prep area is clean.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

Summary: The Committee on Economic Development met with 13 members present and first went into executive session. It voted House Bill 3095 and House Bill 3249 do pass, both by 12-1 votes, and also adopted a House committee substitute for House Bill 2142 that rolled in House Bill 2058 before voting the combined measure do pass by 12-1. The transcript does not describe the substance of those bills in detail, but records the committee’s favorable action on each. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 3262, Representative Peters’ proposal to create an interstate massage compact. Supporters, including the sponsor, a massage business operator, a former state massage board regulator, and the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, said the compact would improve workforce mobility, reduce duplicate licensing and background checks, and preserve state authority over standards and discipline. An opponent argued interstate compacts are unconstitutional, could supersede state law, and raise concerns about gifts and closed meetings. No vote was taken on HB 3262 during the hearing. The final hearing was on House Bill 3157, which would create a single statewide permit for mobile food vendors. The sponsor and supporters from the Institute for Justice and the food truck industry said the bill would reduce duplicative local permits and inspections, lower costs, and help food trucks operate across jurisdictions while keeping health and safety standards. Opponents, including Kansas City and Springfield-Greene County health officials, argued the bill would preempt local control, shift regulatory authority to the state, and create enforcement and fiscal concerns. Committee members raised questions about local inspection authority, fees, and a possible committee substitute, but no final action was taken in the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can the committee please note that we have submitted written testimony titled HF 22 MHPR written testimony
• testimony titled HF 22 submitted written testimony titled HF 22 mhpr<00:07:08.479><c> written</c><00
• and I've written I've I've submitted<00:29:38.919><c> written</c><00:29:39.240><c> testimony</c><00:
• written written testimony<00:30:10.480><c> uh</c><00:30:10.679><c> and</c> testimony uh and testimony
• </c><00:47:25.400><c> consent</c> cannot proceed without written consent cannot proceed without written

Bills: HF22 , HF45

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Last year, to get your bill through, was the agreement that you were going to work to strengthen the
• Madam Chair, to the Assemblymember, there was not an agreement with respect to the amendments that you
• Yeah, I didn't see it as an agreement. I was like, we got to a good place.
• But I just want to lift up that as originally written, as was stated by Ms.
• But I just want to lift up that as originally written, as was stated by Ms.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.

Transcript Highlights:

• But so as not to create confusion and ambiguity, because the way the words in the code are written, it
• Of course, not everybody's always going to be in agreement.
• But if we can chip away and have more of these conversations, I think this... ...agreement.
• And I know you can hold the conversation. an agreement.
• They would not show me a copy of the debt relief agreement until I had made the payment.

Committee: House Judiciary

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• as ours before we entered into the agreement.
• We do not have an agreement share lists.
• Um before we entered into the agreement.
• Rules are being written currently for that.
• So, the programs that would written.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• This reflects that an agreement<00:21:18.640><c> between</c><00:21:18.960><c> different</c> agreement
• ,</c><01:15:32.000><c> it</c> So the way this amendment is written, it So the way this amendment is written
• , to protect non-solicitation agreements.
• , to protect non-solicitation agreements, to protect non-solicitation agreements.<01:19:50.239><c> If
• If you talk to any lawyers agreements.

Bills: HF3228 , HF2441

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

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction

Transcript Highlights:

• In return for those subsidies, the development must enter a land use restriction agreement. with us for
• To get into an interlocal agreement with one of the muds.
• I have some agreements with some of the muds, but those agreements were voluntary.
• County but the folks that do the platting do the development agreements Y'all had to expand staff there
• And talk about that agreement, and who's gonna be responsible for what.

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

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• uh and then it's up to way it's written uh and then it's up to this<00:24:28.679><c> committee</c><00
• </c> one half of 1% of the total written one half of 1% of the total written premium<01:04:22.119><c>
• </c> any longer that being said the agreement any longer that being said the agreement that<03:47:11.040
• We're waiting for the finalization of the purchase and sales agreement and the master development agreement
• We're waiting for the finalization of the purchase and sales agreement and the master development agreement

Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.

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• If not, this would drive it, if you will, the way you have it written.
• If not, this would drive it, if you will, the way you have it written.
• If not, this would drive it, if you will, the way you have it written.
• </c> "The way you have it written." >> Okay. I um, okay. >> Mr.
• And I'm not &gt;&gt; the way it's written here.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs