Transcript Highlights:

• I will point out that the reason why we put that language in is because that is almost verbatim language
• to revisit that language.
• So let me ask you again: Did you ever discuss this language with me, this specific language?
• So I know that the intent language that this bill was passed in this committee based on intent language
• I can get the language to you.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee held an informational hearing on AB 715, followed by discussion of SB 48. AB 715 was presented by Assembly Members Zbur and Addis as a response to rising anti-Semitism in California schools. They described incidents involving harassment, swastikas, biased classroom materials, and students feeling unsafe, and said the bill would create an Office of Civil Rights with coordinators to address anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination, provide prevention resources, and support school districts. Witnesses in support, including a rabbi and a student who described personal experiences with anti-Semitic harassment, urged immediate action to protect Jewish students. Opposition testimony came from the California Teachers Association, county superintendents, school board groups, labor organizations, civil liberties advocates, ethnic studies educators, and many community members. Their main concerns were that the bill was rushed, had not been fully vetted in the Assembly Education Committee, and could chill classroom speech or create constitutional problems, especially around language requiring instruction and materials to be “factually accurate” and not based on advocacy, bias, or partisanship. Several opponents argued that anti-Semitism should be addressed through education, training, and restorative practices rather than new statutory restrictions. Some witnesses also raised concerns about the bill’s impact on ethnic studies and free speech. Committee members then debated the bill’s process and substance at length. The authors said the bill had been narrowed through negotiations with education stakeholders and the Senate, that some disputed provisions would be revisited in cleanup language, and that the urgency of anti-Semitic incidents required action now. Several members expressed support for the bill’s goal but criticized the late release of the final language and the lack of consultation with the Assembly committee. Others emphasized the need to protect Jewish students immediately and argued the bill was a necessary response to a real crisis. The transcript does not show a final vote on AB 715 in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• encourage you to include that language encourage you to include that language in<00:12:56.760>
• Thank you, Superintendent language.
• I know Representative Rey language.
• <00:40:16.960> that are we getting rid of that language that are we getting rid of that language
• , reporting system language, reporting system language, unfortunately,<00:52:37.680> only<

Bills: HF3493, HF4114

Keywords: safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, special education, funding, education finance, appropriations, budget, cross subsidy

Transcript Highlights:

• Loft now has a statutory obligation to calculate the savings.
• Other things are the language in the bill has it as a grant program. Follow up.
• Other things are the language in the bill has it as a grant program. Follow up.
• Other things are the language in the bill has it as a grant program. Follow up.
• Other things are the language in the bill has it as a grant program. Follow up.

Bills: HB1002, HB1250, HB2710, HB3008, HB3045, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB3695, HB3831, HB4107, HB4408

Keywords: stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, alcohol testing, drug influence, public safety, Board of Tests, accident response, motor vehicle, fire department, fee prohibition

Transcript Highlights:

• I think the biggest piece of this is that this language has already been negotiated, and Texas Mutual
• Well, you can, you can review the language there, and I'm sure y'all will take care of us.
• And we do have some language in here because we had some people that would break business of personal
• The substitute adds language to Chapters 11 and 41 of the tax code, specifically for...
• What this does is basically puts in place exactly what the language should be that's being presented

Bills: SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723, HB9, HJR1

Keywords: civil service, firefighters, police officers, municipalities, local government, repeal, voter petition, health care, provider participation, continuation programs, population-based regulation, health care provider participation, Medicaid, hospital funding, voluntary compliance, mandatory payments, public health, healthcare program, county participation, nonpublic hospitals

Transcript Highlights:

• Additionally, we're repealing a section which contained outdated and duplicative reporting language.
• These sections contain language that required digital asset managers to ensure that their assertion forms
• a pragmatic trade-off that streamlines implementation for the Department of Banking but removes language
• Second, it corrects ambiguous language regarding exemptions from change of Chairman Lambert: Control
• I see the added language there on page one of your bill says "engage in any other activity determined

Transcript Highlights:

• THIS BILL AMENDS CHAPTERS 316 OF 327 TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE ANY IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE TO BETTER ALIGN WITH
• THIS LANGUAGE WILL NOT INCREASE ARRESTS BECAUSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUBSTANCE
• THE LAST TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BILL LANGUAGE, YOU STRIKE THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS A
• SO WHY ARE WE STRIKING THAT LANGUAGE?
• I KNOW THE LANGUAGE IS DISAPPEARING, THE LANGUAGE IS DISAPPEARING FROM THIS STATUTE, THIS STATUTE DOESN'T

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You'll see... that there's a big chunk of language that we wanted to put in there.
• Otherwise, most of these are very small language changes and technical cleanup.
• This particular section is existing language. It's not new language for the bill.
• I have one question regarding the specific item language in English.
• And there are requirements, and the state also has some statutory and regulatory language about how to

Transcript Highlights:

• , better place to insert that language, better place to insert that language, I'm<00:43:44.560>
• Chairman, about the due process language. I understand the due process language.
• So that's what's in the language right now and we support that.
• You'll see that this language begins on page four on line 12.
• This language is page four on line 12.

Bills: SF0045, SJ0001

Keywords: pari-mutuel wagering, simulcasting, historic horse racing, HHR terminals, horse racing, gaming commission, Wyoming Gaming Commission, local control, city approval, county approval, municipal approval, permit renewal, gaming permit, wagering regulation, racetrack, live pari-mutuel event, district court appeal, public notice, land use, public safety

Transcript Highlights:

• The language, if you look on page 2, lines 225 through 230, is the operational language regarding when
• So this bill, this language just makes it very clear.
• That's what the language of this bill does.
• Chair, and I want to just focus us in on the language.
• And that is the language that is in this bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, when I first saw the language, um, I was excited.
• <04:10:10.399> provides but the remaining language provides but the remaining language provides
• ,<04:18:25.840> you're above in the existing language, you're above in the existing language
• So I have some language to deal with that.
• additional language in this bill. additional language in this bill. >> Yeah.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, the fact that they are unserved, if you’re talking within the statutory terms, the Office of
• terms the office of broadband statutory terms the office of broadband development<00:27:03.880> that
• The first reason is we need this to do our due diligence and carry out our statutory authority to oversee
• The first reason is we need this to do our due diligence and carry out our statutory authority to oversee
• in that because in addition to language in that because in addition to ernston<01:00:05.160> Young

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first reorganized by electing Representative Hart as House co-chair and Senator Douglas as Senate co-chair by acclamation, then approved the December 10 minutes. It then took up deferred and routine contract items, beginning with a Council on Postsecondary Education item that was withdrawn after staff explained the contract had been canceled and should not have come before the committee because the granting authority, not CPE, was issuing it. The committee next reviewed a Department for Local Government contract tied to an Eastern Kentucky flood recovery housing project in Jackson. Members questioned the high per-unit cost and whether renovation was more expensive than new construction. Staff explained the cost included acquisition of an existing downtown building and needed water and sewer infrastructure upgrades, and said developable land was limited in the area. With no motion to object, the contract was allowed to move forward. The committee then considered Kentucky Transportation Cabinet professional services contracts for highway design work. Members asked about the size of the contracts and how much of the available funding is typically used; staff said the contracts are two-year agreements, that the prior cycle reached close to $2 million per contract, and that this year’s limits were reduced because less money is available in the Highway Plan. The committee also approved a PSC amendment contract for the Bridging Kentucky program after staff explained the $150 hourly loaded rate was within the normal range for consultants. Both Transportation Cabinet items were approved without objection. Finally, the committee heard a Kentucky Communications Network Authority contract for an $85,000 study of the dark fiber market. Members asked what dark fiber is, why the study was needed, whether there was coordination with the Office of Broadband Development, and whether existing service meant there was already a market. KCNA said dark fiber is unused fiber that local providers can light to deliver service, that the study was needed because the contractor said no market existed while ISPs said demand exists, and that the report would help both KCNA oversight and broadband development planning. The contract was reviewed without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• So the language in House Bill 1421 and Senate Bill 890 really diminishes and misleads the public that
• So the language in House Bill 1421 and Senate Bill 890 really diminishes and misleads the public that
• If this language for ALF state in this bill, we're going to jeopardize their closure, lawsuits, and it
• I believe the language says that you have... It's voluntary.
• To determine if the program is in compliance with statutory provisions.

Summary: The committee took up a series of health and human services bills, beginning with CS/SB 1602, which would require emergency departments to have evidence-based pediatric care protocols, training, appropriate child-sized equipment and medications, a designated care coordinator, and participation in a pediatric readiness assessment. It was reported favorably. CS/SB 1224 followed, aligning Florida law with federal requirements so paramedics may administer controlled substances in the field under physician or nurse practitioner protocols; it also passed favorably after supportive testimony from fire chiefs. The committee then adopted a strike-all for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which addresses venous thromboembolism by creating a statewide registry, requiring screening and training in hospitals and long-term care settings, and adding assisted living facility response requirements. Assisted living representatives objected to the ALF provisions as unrealistic and potentially harmful, while supporters argued the bill would save lives; the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 1182, requiring continuous glucose monitors to be covered as both durable medical equipment and a pharmacy benefit, also passed favorably with support from AARP. The committee next considered CS/SB 12, a claim bill for a child severely injured after a DCF home visit allegedly failed to meet standards, and it was reported favorably without opposition. CS/CS/SB 954, dealing with substance abuse treatment centers and recovery residences, drew substantial debate. The bill would limit local zoning restrictions on treatment facilities and allow larger recovery residences if staffing ratios are increased; a late-filed amendment reduced the maximum active patients from 500 to 300. Municipal and county representatives warned that the bill could override local reasonable-accommodation efforts and create institutional-scale facilities, while supporters said housing is essential to recovery and that clustering concerns are overstated. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably. CS/SB 1050, expanding the developmental disabilities pilot program statewide and creating a statewide family care council, also passed after extensive testimony from families and advocates. Supporters emphasized the long waitlist and the need for more services, while some speakers opposed managed care and warned about provider shortages and loss of individualized supports. Later, CS/SB 614, requiring a public educational webpage about background screening clearinghouse and level two screening requirements, was reported favorably. CS/SB 1578, which would require coverage for mammograms and supplemental breast cancer screening in certain circumstances, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 1060 created a joint legislative oversight committee to review Medicaid operations and financing; members discussed the need for stronger oversight of large midyear spending adjustments, and the bill passed favorably. CS/SB 1240, a Department of Children and Families substance abuse and mental health bill, was amended to clarify Baker Act transfer timing and notification requirements after debate over whether facilities could hold patients too long; it was then reported favorably. Finally, Senator Harrell presented CS/SB 526, a major nursing education bill aimed at Florida’s low NCLEX passage rates. The bill would require nursing programs to use exit exams, remediation, reporting, and stricter oversight, and the strike-all would add graduate preceptorships for low-performing programs and temporary provisional licenses for graduates pending NCLEX passage. The transcript ended while that bill was still being explained, before final action was taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:25:09.280> words concerned that if this language words concerned that if this language
• And lines 2.17 through 23 repeal the statutory language governing the MDE OIG when the statewide OIG
• > mde the statutory language governing the mde the statutory language governing the mde oig<01
• We appreciate those changes and modifications to the language.
• <01:52:06.199> we and and modifications to the language we and and modifications to the language

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We wanted to 5% statutory reserve.
• Chairman, uh, we have purchased—we did meet all of our statutory requirements.
• What was the statutory date for that purchase, and when was that purchase made?
• That supplemental, I've got the language here if you'd like to see it.
• <03:00:29.600> here supplemental, I've got the language here supplemental, I've got the language

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The committee substitute is a combination of the language from the original House Bill 785 and House
• from<00:03:17.640> the<00:03:17.840> original<00:03:18.360> Bill uh the language
• from the original Bill uh the language from the original Bill 785<00:03:19.959> House<00:03:20.159
• So there again, there may be a little bit of language to put in there, but, um, it's overly regulated
• So there again, there may be a little bit of language to put in there, but, um, it's overly regulated

Keywords: 00:00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:01:19 Discussion of 25RS HB 785 00:30:25 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 785 00:32:15 Discussion of 25RS HB 61 00:36:42 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 61 00:38:07 Discussion of 25RS HB 788 00:51:01 Discussion of 25RS SB 14 01:11:09 Discussion of 25RS HB 685 01:44:57 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and took up House Bill 785, as amended by a committee substitute that combined language from HB 785 and HB 787. The bill was described as addressing Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) audits, provider contract notice and amendment procedures, mental health parity compliance, and related transparency requirements. Supporters said the measure would tighten notice to providers, limit repeated contract amendments and rate reductions, require more standardized audit procedures, and add reporting on Medicaid claims, appeals, and grievances. It also includes a provision requiring coverage of at least two evaluation-and-management billable services per physician per recipient per date of service, and a section addressing narcotic/opioid treatment program licensing and reimbursement language. Testimony in support came from Representative Kim Moore, John Inman of BrightView Health, Michelle Sandborne of the Children’s Alliance, and Kelly Cormic of RYSE. They argued that MCOs often use audits and recoupments in ways that are burdensome, opaque, and financially damaging to providers, especially smaller and rural ones. They cited examples of multiple audit requests in short timeframes, large record requests with short deadlines, delayed or absent feedback, and recoupments taken before appeals are resolved. They also said parity laws are not being consistently enforced and that the bill would give the Department of Insurance authority to suspend or revoke an MCO certificate of authority for willful or repeated parity violations. Committee members generally expressed support for provider protections and transparency, while asking for clarification on the narcotic treatment and E/M billing provisions. Tom Stevens of the Kentucky Association of Health Plans testified in opposition, saying the bill is complex to implement and should be handled through the broader Medicaid oversight work of House Bill 9, the MOAB. He said the issues raised were better suited for that bipartisan stakeholder process and noted the committee substitute had not yet been fully reviewed by his group. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and then moved to a vote on the bill; the roll call began, with several members recorded as voting yes, but the transcript cuts off before the final vote result is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Her membership also satisfies the<01:04:57.119> statutory<01:04:57.680> requirement<01:
• that public interest and the statutory that public interest and the statutory purpose<01:51:42.080
• That's great. >> Speaking her language. >> Yes. Thank you. Oh my gosh. No, this is so great.
• >> Speaking<02:23:38.240> her<02:23:38.399> language.
• >> Speaking her language. >> Speaking her language.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I know that this still has the language I know that this still has the language legitimate<01:16
• Speaker. statutory framework to protect statutory framework to protect taxpayers.<03:48:12.120> Thank
• Just<04:13:57.360> the<04:13:57.480> language<04:13:57.920> itself Just the language
• The bill offers simple statutory The bill offers simple statutory guidance<05:05:23.120> for<05
• <05:26:57.040> that but it eliminates the language that but it eliminates the language that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It removes language that allows up to 50% of the allocation for the improvement of instructional programs
• The bill also removes language that allows county boards to use up to 25% of the allocation The bill
• also removes language that allows county boards to use up to 25% of the allocation for the improvement
• Current language states that they are reversible.
• Current language also sets a maximum fee and commission, and this language has been completely deleted

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then considered a series of House bills and committee substitutes. House Bill 5438, dealing with changes to Step 7 of the school aid formula and allowable uses of certain education allocations, was amended to adopt the Education Committee’s changes and then reported to the full Senate. House Bill 4087 creating the West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance was also reported, as was House Bill 4191, which expands child care tax credit eligibility for employer-sponsored facilities and changes subsidy payments from attendance-based to enrollment-based reimbursement; senators emphasized its workforce and economic development benefits. House Bill 5074, which reallocates medical cannabis fund balances and future revenues, was amended to increase the Child Protective Commission pilot funding from $3 million to $5 million and remove proposed ibogaine research funding for Marshall and WVU before being reported. House Bill 5353, regulating virtual currency kiosks and money transmission licensure, and House Bill 5527, creating licensure and oversight for wellness reimbursement program administrators, both received strike-and-insert amendments and were reported. House Bill 5687, which phases down the metallurgical coal severance tax and adds a temporary oil and gas tax reduction with county/municipal revenue adjustments, was amended and reported. House Bill 4418, creating an electronic system for municipal business and occupation tax filing and collection with a 1% administrative fee and a participation threshold, was also reported. The committee then took up House Bill 4245, the Revenue Rules Bundle, which bundles 26 legislative rules from the Department of Revenue and related agencies. The bundle included alcohol, banking, insurance, racing, and tax rules, with several sunset extensions and repeals of outdated rules; the committee adopted a strike-and-insert amendment affecting a lottery consumer protection rule and a pre-need cemetery company rule, then reported the bill. House Bill 5168, providing a $12 million lottery-funded stream for emergency medical services, was amended to clarify the uses of the funds, rename one fund, require a 30% county match for mental health treatment spending, and create two additional county-based EMS funds; senators described it as a needed permanent funding source for EMS, and it was reported. Throughout the meeting, members generally supported the measures, with some discussion on technical details, funding allocations, and the impact of the bills on local services and workforce needs. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced that Senate House Bills 4004, 4006, and 4009 would not be taken up that day, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• does change, and it's not just cleanup language?
• I think the language is fairly clear.
• I think the language is fairly clear.
• The language that comes from the amendment is language that has gone through a review with the DA's counsel
• That is, if you read the language at the top, that is.

Bills: HB2268, HB3000, HB3043, HB3066, HB3078, HB3143, HB3144, HB3244, HB3298, HB3320, HB3467, HB3321, HB3329, HB3431, HB3464, HB3499, HB3500, HB3586, HB3590, HB3650, HB3671, HB3695, HB3700, HB3701, HB3764, HB3767, HB3834, HB3931, HB3934, HB3940, HB3944, HB3979, HB3985, HB4113, HB4294, HB4302, HB4317, HB4324, HB4359, HB4426, HB4427, HB4430, HB4431, HB4434, HJR1077, SR42, SR35, HJR1023, HB1225, HB1374, HB1381, HB1590, HB1675, HB2153

Keywords: HB2268, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, appropriation, General Revenue Fund, PACE, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, elderly care, aging Oklahomans, long-term care, Medicaid, health care funding, provider reimbursement, rate increase, low-income seniors, senior services, integrated care, emergency measure, cosmetology, barbering

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, gallery introductions, and extended farewell remarks from Senator Jett, who reflected on his six years in the Legislature, his focus on representing constituents, protecting families, and holding government accountable. Several senators responded with personal tributes, praising his conviction, faith, family involvement, and willingness to ask difficult questions. No votes were taken during the farewell portion. The chamber then considered House Bill 2268, a PACE appropriation to support comprehensive care for low-income seniors and expand services in rural Oklahoma. The bill was amended to restore the title, advanced, and passed 34-9, then passed as an emergency measure 36-7. House Bill 3000, a cosmetology and barbering measure, made multiple changes including board reorganization, adding a human trafficking specialist and massage therapist, shifting some licensing functions to Service Oklahoma, and eliminating the massage therapy advisory board. It drew significant debate over process and policy, especially from senators concerned about late changes, lack of board input, and the human trafficking rationale; it passed 25-19 and then as an emergency 33-11. The Senate also passed House Bill 3043, allowing the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to hire prorated seasonal staff for veterans homes, 37-6; House Bill 3066, creating a revolving fund for federal workforce training money for behavioral health recruitment and retention, 38-6 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3078, allowing donation options on state payment forms for the ODVA revolving fund, 45-0 and as an emergency. Additional measures passed included House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses to 2028, 39-7; House Bill 3144, capping medical marijuana commercial grower licenses at 2,550 after amendment, 34-12; House Bill 3244 on identity theft, 46-0; House Bill 3298 on child interview procedures in court cases, 46-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3320, replacing the traditional sunset process with more immediate legislative review of agencies, 33-13 and as an emergency; House Bill 3321, requiring county data collection and reporting related to court costs and financial obligations, 45-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3329, a trailer bill adding a repealer and a sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners, 33-10 and as an emergency; House Bill 3431, expanding restrictions on foreign entities owning or leasing land and critical minerals, 43-0; House Bill 3464, setting safety and training requirements for certain projects involving fire code compliance and decommissioning, 43-0 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3499, expanding special judges’ authority over vehicle title orders, which was presented and advanced as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:24:40.679> on mean that this language on mean that this language on 1.11,<00:24:43.200
• I'm focused on section 15, the language about contested case hearings.
• But Minnesota courts have held that if the statutory language is technical in nature and the agency's
• > in the statutory language is technical in the statutory language is technical in nature<02:04
• <02:09:04.719> governments language that the tribal governments language that the tribal governments

Keywords: 1187, senate, all