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• </c> understanding that we have an aging understanding that we have an aging Minnesota<00:20:12.400><
• Um, and so people like that, he's out of the workforce now because of age and retirement, but people
• </c><00:57:46.640><c> development</c> essential for kids healthy development essential for kids healthy
• We know, on the ag committee, we don't think about the ag committee dealing with mental health, but we
• Finally, I want to underscore the fact that many of you already know: farmers are aging out.

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• The bill specifically applies to healthy, asymptomatic people.
• Suddenly, you're not a healthy individual. You're asymptomatic.
• Again, a healthy, asymptomatic person. This is not so much a medical question.
• Again, a healthy symptomatic, asymptomatic person. All right.
• This bill does not only apply to healthy asymptomatic patients.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 and approved the minutes from the prior week before taking up a series of House bills, many of them with testimony from sponsors, agency officials, and stakeholders. Early action included HB 971, which would direct LDH to equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent rural health clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; the sponsor described a significant payment disparity and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also deferred HB 1030 and HB 796 until the following week before moving to other items on the agenda. Several bills dealing with Medicaid and provider regulation were advanced. HB 414, as amended, closes a loophole so health care providers cannot hire unlicensed workers with certain serious out-of-state convictions; amendments addressed effective dates, FBI background-check issues for therapeutic group homes, and delays for direct support professional applicants caused by minor record issues. HB 740, as amended, creates an independent review process for Medicaid claims disputes in the coordinated system of care for behavioral health providers, with amendments clarifying applicability dates and program definitions. HB 786, which prohibits extrapolation in managed care claims recoupments and requires recovery to be based on actual overpayments or underpayments, was also reported favorably. HB 915 set timelines and accountability standards for prior authorization and utilization management in Medicaid managed care and was reported favorably after testimony about delays in care. The committee also heard and passed several bills affecting health professions and facilities. HB 405 simply updates the name of the national acupuncture certification body. HB 1095 allows nursing homes to use alternative power sources while keeping existing generator and fuel requirements. HB 557 defines long-term care pharmacies for policy purposes. HB 779 authorizes expedited partner therapy prescriptions for certain sexually transmitted diseases. HB 933 creates an optional commemorative birth certificate, with part of the fee going to the Office of Women’s Health. HB 796, carried by another representative for the author, establishes a chiropractic preceptorship program with on-site supervision requirements and was reported favorably after questions about student training and patient safety. The committee also heard emotionally charged testimony on HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation and patient communication. Several witnesses described the distress caused by current coding language, and supporters said the change would make records more compassionate and understandable; the bill was reported favorably. HB 403 increased the cottage food gross-sales cap, and after testimony from small producers and the committee’s discussion of other states’ higher limits, an amendment raised the cap to $150,000 before the bill was reported favorably. HB 930 modernizes cosmetic-product regulation and creates a small home-based producer exemption under a wholesale-sales threshold; it was also reported favorably. Finally, HB 1041, a no-mandate bill restricting discrimination based on medical intervention status, prompted extended debate over exemptions for schools, hospitals, and other entities, with one amendment failing on a roll-call vote and the discussion continuing over the scope of the bill and federal funding concerns.

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• And then 10% is on ag literacy. Then 10% is on ag literacy.
• Interesting questions about the reach of ag and ag education. Great question.
• Two years ago, we started our own ag education center. It's called Little Ag Ventures.
• Two years ago, we started our own ag education center. It's called Little Ag Ventures.
• Two years ago, we started our own ag education center. It's called Little Ag Ventures.

Bills: HF711 , HF653

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• . healthy. healthy.
• God of the ages, we recall the words of St. Patrick's breastplate.
• No money to help kids get healthy breakfast in school.
• </c><02:27:37.600><c> No</c> kids get healthy breakfast in school.
• No kids get healthy breakfast in school.

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• driven by rising health care and public safety costs, as well as the need to maintain and modernize aging
• Like many California cities, we are faced with real fiscal pressure driven by inflation, aging infrastructure
• During that same period in Riverside County, 24% of individuals who died in custody were age 25 to 34
• Of individuals who died in custody who were 35 to 44 years of age, the share of Riverside County is 22%
• Chair, members, Rand Martin, on behalf of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its Healthy Housing Foundation

Summary: The Assembly Local Government Committee heard a long agenda of local government, housing, transportation, and public safety bills. Early items included SB 762, which would give certain local governments a voter-approved path to seek additional local sales tax authority to address fiscal pressures; SB 1400, which would modernize Alameda Health System governance and give Alameda County more flexibility and oversight; and SB 1408, which would authorize Contra Costa County to place a renewal of its transportation sales tax on the ballot. Supporters for those bills included local officials, county representatives, labor groups, fire and police organizations, and transit advocates, while no organized opposition was presented on those measures in committee. The committee also heard SB 1272, which would give homeowners more time to correct certain inherited code violations and allow an affidavit process for buyers who did not know about the violation at purchase. The bill drew support from the California Apartment Association and opposition from code enforcement and county groups, who argued it would reduce local enforcement discretion and create health and safety risks. After questions about disclosure and enforcement, the committee approved SB 1272 as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations. SB 1055, dealing with procurement flexibility for Pajaro flood control and levee repairs, also passed as amended and was sent to Appropriations. Later, the committee approved SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner and create an independent medical examiner system. The author and supporters argued the change was needed for transparency and independence in in-custody death investigations, while opponents raised labor, cost, and governance concerns; some opposition was softened after the author agreed to employee-protection amendments. The committee also passed SB 1172, limiting consultant compensation and adding transparency rules for local tax-sharing agreements, and several housing bills from Senator Grayson: SB 1003 on pro-housing infrastructure financing districts, SB 1014 on early disclosure of infrastructure requirements for housing projects, and SB 1169 on extending tentative vesting map validity. The committee took votes on consent items and later add-ons, with most measures passing on bipartisan or unanimous votes and several being re-referred to Appropriations or Housing and Community Development as appropriate.

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• driven by rising health care and public safety costs, as well as the need to maintain and modernize aging
• Like many California cities, we are faced with real fiscal pressure driven by inflation, aging infrastructure
• During that same period in Riverside County, 24% of individuals who died in custody were age 25 to 34
• Of individuals who died in custody who were 35 to 44 years of age, the share in Riverside County is 22%
• Chair and members, Rand Martin, on behalf of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its Healthy Housing Foundation

Committee: House Local Government

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• what our grandfathers and grandmothers told us years ago: that the sick should be isolated, not the healthy
• I am residency trained in emergency medicine, but I practice cosmetic surgery and anti-aging medicine
• I'm a licensed physician, but at the board's request and at the request of the AG, and on the suggestion
• of the AG, the physicians employed by the board do not actively practice because they felt it would
• committee had considered language regarding ramps or wheelchairs after speaking with the Council on Aging

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 23 and first disposed of several items without hearing them, including HB 1093 and HB 1145, and voluntarily deferring HB 946. The committee then quickly reported HB 1095 favorably without objection. That bill would require nursing facilities to have fuel or another alternative power generation source to maintain power, and supporters said it preserves existing backup-power safety requirements while giving facilities more flexibility as technology changes. The committee then took up HB 926, which concerns vaccination status and admission to public buildings and seeks to prohibit medical mandates. After adopting an amendment set and additional changes clarifying exclusions for licensed health care providers and facilities, medical masks, and child welfare/school-related provisions, the committee heard testimony both for and against the bill. Supporters framed it as a civil-liberties measure limiting vaccine-card requirements for public buildings, while opponents warned it could interfere with public health measures, school immunization rules, and the ability of health care facilities to protect patients. The bill was reported favorably on an 8-4 vote. HB 1220, a cleanup bill for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, was then reported favorably after a technical amendment set. HB 1227, which would require complaints involving medical judgment to be reviewed by a three-physician panel before formal disciplinary action, drew extensive testimony from a physician sponsor, a doctor describing his disciplinary experience, and the board’s executive director, who said the board already uses practicing physicians, nurses, and experts in its process and warned the proposed panel system could be impractical because physicians are difficult to recruit for such reviews. At the sponsor’s request, the committee voluntarily deferred HB 1227 for further work. Finally, the committee reported HB 1217 favorably with amendments to a pharmacy benefit manager transparency bill, after supporters said it would expose hidden pricing and rebate practices and opponents argued some provisions were duplicative or unnecessary. HB 1028, setting minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for non-emergency medical transportation, was reported favorably and referred to Appropriations after supporters described the need for higher rates and members discussed funding. The committee also reported HB 1185 favorably, with amendments preserving the existing Rural Hospital Preservation Act while extending similar protections to additional rural-lookalike hospitals, and adopted HCR 76 to continue the Health Inequities and Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force for another year.

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• individuals are at a disadvantage compared to someone like you and I who may be physically mobile and healthy
• They can keep it after age 18 until age 23 if they are enrolled in a secondary school or an accredited
• I call him a young man, I guess a middle-aged man.
• I call him young man, I guess a middle-aged man.

Bills: HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB222 , HB430 , HB445 , HB490 , HB603 , HB619 , HB670 , HB672 , HB763 , HB773 , HB781 , HB810 , HB874 , HB981

Committee: House Appropriations

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• Health Interview Survey conducted by UCLA, researchers estimate that over 3.1 million Californians ages
• But many women, because of systemic low pay, have to work well into retirement age.
• Retirement age. Our systems were just simply not written with women in mind.
• It will, but if you're lucky enough to make it to that age, you will.
• The feeling of always being watched does not foster a healthy working environment, especially if you're

Committee: House Labor and Employment

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• Members, this bill just ensures that certain intoxicating beverages aren't Available to those under the age
• interested in this was obviously the exposure of minors having access to it and even those under the age
• expand their business in new ways and it will provide increased options for consumers to purchase healthy
• It expands the eligibility from ages 16 to 25, reflecting today's nontraditional and returning learners
• I think it's currently 11th grade, so it actually identifies an age of 16. and goes up to 25.

Bills: HB4104 , HB3722 , HB3787 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3310 , HB3404 , HB2964 , HB2398 , HB3024 , HB3499 , HB3278 , HB3279 , HB3645 , HB3649 , HB2293 , HB3260 , HB3176 , HB3177 , HB3114 , HB3172 , HB3322 , HB3323 , HB4248 , HB3720 , HB2210 , HB1322 , HB1937 , HB3301 , HB4107

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• The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation and the Department of Management Services, Division of State Group
• My name is Brian Meyer on the deputy secretary for Medicaid at the age of Health Care Administration
• So currently in Florida, we allow pregnant women and children under 21 years of age to have 3 months
• will abbreviate as small are capital Wgs as a cover service for Medicaid recipients to 20 years of age
• successfully outside of the drg who can receive rapid whole genome sequencing enrollees that are 20 years of age

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• 2025-2026 influenza season, the ACIP recommended routine annual influenza vaccination for all people age
• The first is inpatients who are 65 years of age or older.
• The first is inpatients who are 65 years of age or older.
• We recommend annual influenza vaccinations for all individuals six months of age and older with diabetes
• Seventy-eight percent of those were people over age 65.

Summary: The House Health Care and Wellness Committee held public hearings on several bills. HB 2152 would allow terminally ill qualifying patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice facilities under facility policies that prohibit smoking/vaping, require patient self-administration and secure storage, and allow facilities to suspend compliance if federal enforcement arises. The prime sponsor and supporters, including family members, cannabis advocates, nurses, and hospital-related groups, described the bill as a compassionate end-of-life measure based on California’s Ryan’s Law; the Washington State Hospital Association asked for clarifying amendments to limit the bill to inpatient beds and to bar staff from retrieving cannabis as well as administering it. HB 2122 would require hospitals, starting in 2027 and during flu season, to offer influenza vaccines to inpatients age 65 and older and to inpatients with chronic health conditions when not contraindicated. The sponsor and supporters from diabetes, infectious disease, AARP, and public health emphasized rising flu deaths, the benefits for high-risk patients, and the chance to reduce severe illness and costs. The Washington State Hospital Association supported the goal but said the bill would create an unfunded mandate and requested amendments related to vaccine availability, emergency declarations, and operational flexibility. One witness from Informed Choice Washington opposed the bill but suggested adding vaccine information statements to strengthen informed consent. HB 2110 would change staffing rules for inter-facility specialty care ambulance transports so a registered nurse without EMT certification could satisfy the personnel requirement when no paramedic or EMT-certified nurse is available, provided an EMT-certified EMS provider is in the ambulance and the nurse has appropriate competencies. Rural hospitals and ambulance providers said the current rule delays transfers and can force long waits or air transport, while the Washington State Nurses Association supported the concept but raised concerns about standardized training, medical oversight, and staffing impacts on hospitals. HB 2113 would update radiologic technologist supervision rules for IV contrast and other procedures, allowing virtual direct supervision for contrast procedures and supervision by physicians, APRNs, or PAs in some cases; supporters said it aligns with current practice and improves rural access, while radiology groups asked for a distance/proximity requirement for virtual physician supervision. HB 2168 would require the Department of Health to rapidly share overdose data from the state EMS information system to ODMAP within 24 hours, with privacy protections and limits on law-enforcement use. Supporters from Yakima County, public health, and the poison center said near-real-time overdose mapping would improve spike alerts, prevention, and response, and could save lives; the Washington Poison Center asked that its data be included and that the bill clarify language around opioid versus other overdoses. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the hearing; the meeting ended after public testimony on HB 2168.

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• Because of studies financed by the National Institute on Aging, researchers now have an array of bio-
• But they are all, all, healthy, happy, and cancer-free. Some for more than a decade.
• But the terminal age really doesn't capture what these costs are for.
• But the major. risk factor, the major number one risk factor for cancer is age.
• have killed citizens in this country before they got cancer, they're now living with to much older age

Committee: Senate Senate Appropriations

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• prohibits surviving spouses to maintain certain benefits from VA and DOD if they remarry before the age
• Additionally, like every eight years, we will provide for a survivor who's under age 55, we will provide
• The average age of a surviving spouse in this era is between 25 and 35 years old, forcing them to wait
• 500,000 surviving spouses receive benefits through the VA, but barely 35,000 of them are under the age
• Accredited agents and attorneys can make a healthy living operating within the ethical confines of the

Bills: SB124 , SB201 , SB275 , SB410 , SB478 , SB607 , SB610 , SB611 , SB654 , SB702 , SB787 , SB831 , SB892

Committee: Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Department of Veterans Affairs, disciplinary procedures, accountability, personnel actions, whistleblower protection, cancer, military, aircrew, veterans, health study, toxins, morbidity, mortality, service members, mental health, community care, accessibility, treatment programs, substance abuse, appointments

Summary: During the meeting, various members engaged in extensive discussions surrounding 15 proposed bills related to veterans' affairs. Notably, concerns regarding recent VA workforce changes sparked debates, particularly about potential cuts and their implications for veterans' care and benefits. Chairman Moran emphasized the need for thoughtful reforms and coordination with stakeholders, urging responsible measures to prevent negatively impacting service delivery. The meeting highlighted a significant bipartisan effort to enhance veterans' access to essential health services, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by the VA workforce. Senator Blumenthal's assertions about the urgent plight of veterans due to cuts in personnel drew strong reactions, showcasing the deep concern among committee members regarding the current state of veteran services.

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• And whereas the most recent data from the Healthy Kids Colorado survey shows that 12.3% of high schoolers
• </c><00:40:10.480><c> Kids</c> recent data from the Healthy Kids recent data from the Healthy Kids Colorado
• and adolescents quietly providing care for parents, grandparents, siblings, and loved ones who are aging
• ,</c><00:43:24.079><c> chronically</c><00:43:24.800><c> ill,</c> who are aging, chronically ill, who
• are aging, chronically ill, disabled,<00:43:25.680><c> or</c><00:43:25.920><c> facing</c><00:43:26.319

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• <00:25:49.200><c> children</c><00:25:49.520><c> under</c><00:25:49.760><c> the</c><00:25:49.919><c> age
• 00:25:50.080><c> of</c><00:25:50.320><c> five,</c><00:25:51.039><c> and</c> with children under the age
• guests of all ages for family events<01:05:23.839><c> such</c><01:05:24.000><c> as</c><01:05:24.319>
• Paul, and if you don't have a vibrant, strong, healthy downtown, then your entire city is in trouble.
• downtown, then you're entire healthy downtown, then you're entire city<01:37:31.119><c> is</c><01:37

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

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• and I'm just wondering, since you know my grandkids now, when they go to daycare, they're now school age
• c><01:01:45.160><c> now</c><01:01:45.960><c> young</c><01:01:46.319><c> school</c><01:01:46.640><c> age
• </c><01:01:47.359><c> but</c> daycare they're now young school age but daycare they're now young school
• Ninety-four percent of students believe others their age would benefit from the program.
• </c><01:40:29.560><c> way</c> um move forward in a more healthy way um move forward in a more healthy

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• of the next generation of health care workers through hosting work experiences for students of all ages
• of the next generation of health care workers through hosting work experiences for students of all ages
• of the next generation of health care workers through hosting work experiences for students of all ages
• </c> Health Care Professionals because aging Health Care Professionals because aging populations<01:07
• depends on a healthy thriving population and<01:14:56.239><c> a</c><01:14:56.400><c> Health</c><01:14

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• You know, water security for California communities and a healthy environment.
• CalWORKs, individuals who receive Supplemental Security Income, income-eligible Californians over the age
• quarantine period where we bring those animals into captivity so that we can ensure that they're healthy
• quarantine period where we bring those animals into captivity so that we can ensure that they're healthy
• long-term investment in the preservation of keystone species, like we talked about today, in encouraging healthy

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• probably right after education or right up there as one of the most important ones, keeping our folks healthy
• probably right after education or right up there as one of the most important ones, keeping our folks healthy
• And I think it's healthy to stop and take a look and examine systems in the way we've been doing things
• And if we want it to last forever, then we need to make sure that it's healthy and it's producing the
• But many of these people have been here for ages, 10, 15 years, and they are not documented.

Bills: SB27 , SB1494 , SB2121 , SB2373 , SB2431 , SB1 , SB8 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB30 , SB37 , SB260 , SB268 , SB331 , SB379 , SB441 , SB447 , SB457 , SB568 , SB650 , SB763 , SB1405 , SB1506 , SB1540 , SB1566 , SB1610 , SB1637 , SB1660 , SB2018 , SB2024 , SB2217 , SB2308 , SB2337 , SB2601 , SB2753 , SB2878 , SB2900 , SB2972 , SB3059 , HB4 , HB40 , HB46 , HB 119 , HB145 , HB300 , HB493 , HB705 , HB1545 , HB2011 , HB2017 , HB2067 , HB2516 , HB2885 , HB2963 , HB2974 , HB3071 , HB3372 , HB3556 , HB3595 , HB3642 , HB3909 , HB5138 , HB5246 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB2009 , SB867 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB2680 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB2334 , SB1367 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2565 , SB1888 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3043 , SB3063 , SB3035 , SB203 , SB2688 , SB2522 , SB2459 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB1884 , SB2928 , SB2566 , SB2549 , SB2553 , SB2919 , SB1944 , SB1232 , SB1798 , SB2603 , SB2607 , SB2683 , SB1319 , SB3045 , SB3071 , HB796 , HB1523 , HB5294 , HB748 , HB3395 , HB180 , HB3171 , HB146 , HB5596 , HB5694 , HB 1135 , HB3225 , HB186 , HB1449 , HB3793 , HB 112 , HB 104 , HB3336 , HB3520 , HB3320 , HB5663 , HB2399 , HB 111 , HB3483 , HB4580 , HB3748 , HB632 , HB4730 , HB5690 , HB5689 , HB3385 , HB4359 , HB5381 , HB 123 , HB5606 , HB 1057 , HB3664 , HCR141 , HCR40 , HCR59 , SR634 , SR687 , SR703 , SR709 , SR715 , SB1494 , SB2121 , SB2373 , SB2431 , HB46 , SB1 , SB8 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB37 , SB260 , SB331 , SB379 , SB441 , SB447 , SB457 , SB568 , SB763 , SB1405 , SB1540 , SB1566 , SB2018 , SB2308 , SB2337 , SB2878 , SB3059 , HB705 , HB2017 , HB2067 , HB3071 , HB3372 , HB3556 , HB3595 , HB3909 , HB5246

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.