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• Because one of the things that they find very easy, and that is, it's funny, the language barrier isn't
• When a company comes for an abatement and there are statutory requirements, they actually end up in a

Keywords: 909, all

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• This was borne out in other states that have gone ahead and made the transfer from legislation to statutory
• school say public schools had not taught... say public schools had not taught the Bible as a second language

Bills: SB13, SB278, SB13

Keywords: education, national anthem, patriotism, school policy, constitutional amendment, SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education

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• Fifth, update the statutory hold harmless to include any.
• We note that this is updating the current language requiring 2025-26 rates to be at least as high as

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• from high to low based on their percentage of charity care costs to commercial costs, as well as statutory
• So, we have required per-provider language attestations from each of the providers, and we have worked

Summary: The Legislative Budget Commission met with a quorum present and considered 12 budget amendments, most of which were adopted without opposition. The first amendment transferred $8.2 million in Department of Corrections general revenue authority from salary incentives to contracted services to support the phased demobilization of Florida National Guard troops assisting with correctional staffing. Senator Pizzo questioned the length of the Guard’s deployment and urged a long-term staffing solution, while the department said the Guard presence was being reduced and that about 2,200 employees were in training. The Department of State received an additional $618,391 in federal grant authority for library grants and private cloud costs, and the Department of Transportation’s two amendments were zero-sum work program changes: one realigned funds to production-ready projects and another added three projects over $3 million each to the current-year work program. The commission then approved several Agency for Health Care Administration amendments tied to Medicaid supplemental payment programs. These included funding for the Florida Cancer Hospital Program, indirect medical education payments, disproportionate share hospital payments for the state mental hospitals, the Low-Income Pool program, physician supplemental and public hospital payments, Florida KidCare, and Medicaid services realignment. Members asked about possible federal disallowances in the LIP and physician/public hospital programs, and agency staff said some disallowances were likely but the amount was not yet known. For KidCare and Medicaid, staff explained the changes were based on the December estimating conference, enrollment shifts, and updated actuarial assumptions, including changes to managed care regions and program design. The final amendment restored budget authority for a hospital direct payment program after a prior payment, including a $24.3 million CMS-related amount and $3.2 million in administrative fees, was not processed before fiscal year-end and reverted. Senator Pizzo pressed the agency on how the payment was missed and whether any penalty applied; staff said the invoice was not received and processed in time and that communication issues contributed. After brief debate on each item, the commission adopted all amendments, with one recorded nay on the final item, and then adjourned.

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• Some input on trailer bill language that we have.
• So the statutory language gave us discretion to work with our colleagues at the Department of Finance
• So the statutory language gave us discretion to work with our colleagues of Department of Finance to
• So there isn't any language tied to the allocation itself.
• CADS is also requesting adoption of no-cost trailer bill language.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held a May Revision hearing covering several health-related budget proposals and broader concerns about the state’s budget structure. The Chair opened by praising some May Revision changes, such as added health IT funding, county administration support tied to Medi-Cal changes, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some lawfully present immigrants, and additional support for Covered California subsidies, while criticizing proposed increases in Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other reductions affecting counties, mobile crisis units, workforce incentives, and physician shortages. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state’s budget condition remains weak despite progress on the structural deficit, and the Department of Finance said the May Revision uses a mix of reductions, reforms, revenue proposals, and fund shifts to cut out-year deficits. The committee first heard Department of State Hospitals proposals, including adjustments to county bed billing authority, contract exemption language for online clinical/pharmacy subscriptions, reversion of unspent funds, a revised Metro Central Utility Plant replacement project, electronic health record implementation, and workforce development funded partly through Behavioral Health Services Act resources. DSH also described savings and realignments in incompetent-to-stand-trial and conditional release programs, including extending the independent placement panel program and shifting funds to support additional bed capacity and a mental health rehab center. Members asked about the use of BHSA funds for workforce programs, and the department said the proposal would replace General Fund support with BHSA reimbursements. The Emergency Medical Services Authority proposed funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for enterprise system development, and the Department of Managed Health Care proposed modernization of its complaint system and claims-settlement data system to improve oversight and comply with AB 3275. The largest discussion centered on the administration’s BHSA spending plan under Proposition 1, including state-directed prevention, workforce, and other uses, plus General Fund offsets for existing programs. The LAO questioned whether some proposed offsets fit Proposition 1’s non-supplant and eligible-use requirements, while the administration argued the uses were consistent with the measure and that the state-directed share can be adjusted annually. The Commission for Behavioral Health’s proposals drew the most public and member concern. The administration proposed cutting the commission’s Innovation Partnership Fund from $20 million to $10 million and reducing the Community Advocacy Program by $6.7 million, while redirecting BHSA dollars to other state purposes and direct services. Commissioners, advocates, and several members argued the cuts would weaken community voice, reduce support for underserved populations, and disrupt grants already in process; they also objected to using BHSA funds to backfill General Fund commitments. Public commenters, including youth, disability, behavioral health, LGBTQ, tribal, veteran, immigrant, and community-based organization representatives, overwhelmingly opposed the cuts and urged preservation of prevention, advocacy, mobile crisis, and innovation funding. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• And this added language would now close that gap.
• And this added language would statute.
• has has become an important statutory has has become an important statutory one<01:30:59.920>
• And I enrolled in college sign language. That was another disaster.
• <02:27:41.680> I language. That was another disaster. I language.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• >> Senate file 59, K through 12, Language >> Senate file 59, K through 12, Language
• the language in the bill.
• <00:22:16.320> than on against it, it's better language than on against it, it's better language
• <00:22:20.400> in still not as clear as the language in still not as clear as the language
• a language change uh which is required. a language change uh which is required.

Keywords: 916, all

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• We will not soften language to appease people.
• <01:13:47.440> in offline around some of the language in offline around some of the language
• of language allows our students or allows teacher prep not our teachers... ...this type of language
• the same language because this type<01:27:48.400> of<01:27:48.560> language<01:27:49.119
• um and I get concerned that the language um and I get concerned that the language says<01:36:52.320

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for that, and I do, I think a lot of it is statutory, um, whether
• two circumstances that I'm thinking of, uh, actually the, the state, and I don't know if it's a statutory
• Now we're able to provide more of that state funding, um, but we're still within the statutory requirement
• purpose and then maybe have language that would uh address how we part the partnership with the leader
• I, I would, I would say that's, it's a simple function of language and how we deploy, deploy that language

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• This proposal also includes language authorizing the Department of Finance to shift funding from this
• The May Revision also includes statutory changes for the, oh, sorry, you know what, not in the subcommittee
• So I would like to know specifically: the language I see is intent to transfer, and whether you have
• of the deed restrictions, but they will be, Regional Park District on the exact language of the deed
• One, the budget was passed, and it has specific language in there authorizing, clarifying the intent

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Right now, because of the statutory language as it is, it actually is a non-starter because of liability
• Right now, because of the statutory language as it is, it actually is a non-starter because of liability
• Electrical generation, and we're still working out the language on that. But that's a minor issue.
• The operative language there is to the extent those charge It's going to follow the law.
• The operative language there is, to the extent those charges are imposed to fund public infrastructure

Bills: HB2091, HB2140, HB2320, HB2384, HB2398, HB2502, HB2780, HB2918, HB2939, HB2950, HB2999, HB4020, HB4026, HB4029

Keywords: insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, investment, state treasurer, gold bullion, treasury management, financial regulations, school districts, bonds, financial advisors, elections, municipal advisors, cost of borrowing, lease agreements, school property, tax exemptions, impact aid revenue bonds

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• Yet nothing in this language to me shows it is just for the hospitals.
• which has aggregate language within it.
• I am looking at the new language that's underlined.
• So, was this model language? Is this something?
• Really, what we're doing is to try to add some statutory consistency.

Bills: SB1936, SB1612, SB1543, SB1260, SB1988, SB1859, SB2041, SB1257, HB4272, HB3277, HB3148, HB3651, HB3323, HB4287, HB4105, HB3304, HB3345

Keywords: forfeiture, criminal offenses, law enforcement, Class D1 offenses, property seizure, SB1612, mandatory reporting, violent injury reporting, gunshot wound, stab wound, poisoning, burn injury, explosive injury, medical reporting, healthcare providers, law enforcement notification, evidence preservation, patient video records, confidentiality waiver, misdemeanor penalty

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• So the statutory language gave us discretion to work with our colleagues at the Department of Finance
• So the statutory language gave us discretion to work with our colleagues at the Department of Finance
• So there isn't any language tied to the allocation itself.
• So there isn't any language tied to the allocation itself.
• CADS is also requesting adoption of no-cost trailer bill language.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That was the language here in the appropriation here was drafted with the help of Co-Chair Scott and
• :47:17.360> appropriation<00:47:18.080> here language here in the appropriation here language
• But the Section 2 language deletes the current administration, so it would have the effect by itself
• If the amendment is passed, it just deletes that section and makes the statutory change beginning in
• <01:02:50.840> deletes<01:02:51.680> the but the Section 2 language deletes the but

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I will thank the department because this language was really sort of—we met a couple of times and
• 03:45.760> this thank uh the department because this thank uh the department because this language
• <00:03:48.519> we<00:03:48.599> met<00:03:48.840> in<00:03:48.920> a language
• was really sort of we met in a language was really sort of we met in a couple<00:03:49.239> of
• A school secretary seeing a child regularly arrive hungry may not know if it's poverty or statutory neglect

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• And if there's some language that would make you feel more comfortable, Rep.
• Both ruled that there's insufficient statutory framework inside of this.
• Both ruled that there's insufficient statutory framework inside of this.
• And we took that pretty much that language and made it very similar for the school.
• Senate Bill 441 keeps the language ...of safety, but removes the enforcement.

Bills: HB624, HB1022, HB1203, SB82, SB206, SB305, SB376, SB441

Keywords: school safety, emergency operations plan, crisis management, active shooter, drills, training, classroom security, primary health services, behavioral health, school health providers, medical necessity, student health care, education, school week, instructional time, public schools, performance score, student athletes, cardiovascular health, sudden cardiac arrest

Summary: The House Education Committee met on April 23, 2026, with a quorum present and took up several education-related bills. SB 206 by Chairman Miller would require blood pressure screening for student athletes as part of physical examinations, with amendments narrowing the bill to student athletes and removing BESE rulemaking language. Supporters, including Coach Marcus Scott and the American Heart Association, said the measure could help detect undiagnosed hypertension and prevent serious health events. Rep. Freiberg moved to report the bill as amended, and it passed without objection. The committee also heard SB 305 by Chairman Edmonds, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including graduation, employment, wages, and job placement data. Edmonds, student task force member Cruz Cassard, and supporters from workforce and business groups said the dashboard would help students understand Louisiana job opportunities and reduce outmigration. Rep. Landry moved to report the bill favorably, and it passed without objection. HB 624 by Speaker Pro Tem Johnson would update public school emergency planning language from “crisis management plans” to “emergency operations plans” and align the law with current safety standards. School safety officials said it was a cleanup bill that would not create new mandates or costs. Rep. Carpenter moved to report it favorably, and it passed without objection. The committee then considered HB 1022 by Rep. Jackson, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent and not expanding services. School-based health center providers and health association representatives supported the bill, citing examples of improved access and continuity of care, but several members raised concerns about consent, the role of school staff, instructional time, and whether the bill could shift authority away from schools or create legal confusion. Jackson said he would work on amendments with stakeholders and legal staff. After discussion, Rep. Landry moved to report the substitute bill, and the committee approved it on a 10-4 roll call vote.

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• Christopher Stock continued: "...finalizing any of the amendment language with our friends in the public
• of National Labor Relations Board decisions have made it clear that graduate student workers are statutory
• Graduate student workers are statutory employees under federal law.
• House Bill 4352 contains Model Act language from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners,
• The language in H. 1186 has been thoroughly vetted at the national level.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing with about 43 witnesses and a 1:00 p.m. hard stop, and the chair repeatedly asked speakers to keep testimony to three minutes. Much of the hearing focused on S. 747/H. 1336, which would extend paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance to graduate student workers. Supporters included legislators, union leaders, graduate workers from MIT, Harvard, BU, WPI, UMass Lowell, and others, and legal advocates. They argued graduate workers perform full-time teaching and research work, pay taxes, and should not be excluded from basic safety-net benefits; several witnesses described personal hardships involving childbirth, serious illness, mental health crises, funding cuts, or fear of losing income. Testifiers also said the change would be revenue-neutral or revenue-generating and would not create major administrative burdens for universities, which already provide similar benefits to other employees. The committee also heard testimony on insurance-related bills. Christopher Stock of the Massachusetts Insurance Federation supported H. 1113 on public adjusters and H. 1345/S. 753 on flood-zone notifications for homebuyers, but opposed H. 4112, which would add a $2 surcharge on home insurance policies to fund fire cistern programs. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council strongly supported H. 1345, saying flood disclosure is needed because Massachusetts lacks statewide flood-notification requirements and flooding risks are increasing. Karen Alvarado supported H. 4352 on travel insurance, and John Fielding supported H. 1186 on pet insurance; both said the bills would create uniform regulatory frameworks and consumer protections. Rep. LeBoeuf testified for H. 4061 on workers’ compensation premium fraud, describing the bill as a transparency measure to combat fraud in construction by creating a public certificate-of-insurance database and QR-code verification system. Joe Bright of the carpenters’ union also supported H. 4061, citing fraud, misclassification, and the harm to injured workers. The hearing also included testimony on H. 4112, a bill to create a statewide fire suppression water resource fund and cistern program. Rep. Hogan and a Stowe fire chief described drought, brush fires, and the need for dedicated cisterns in communities without municipal water systems, saying the tanks provide reliable water for firefighting and are relatively low-tech once installed. Committee members asked questions about tank capacity, siting, maintenance, and funding. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• And maybe we could work on some language on that. I do want to support the bill today, but...
• Maybe we could work on some language on that. I do want to support the bill today.
• And if there are specific languages to ensure that those protections and those changes that have been
• made, we’re happy to take a look at additional language.
• It also ensures that any voter-approved MTS tax is excluded from the existing statutory cap that so many

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office. The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1. The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.

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• This bill did have a message from the executive, and in fact, she added some language that she wanted
• I'm worried that the language— Ms. Meadows I apologize, but you're at your two minutes. Thank you.
• That allows individual consumers to sue and seek statutory damages.
• Finally, SB 53 creates a private right of action with Statutory damages.
• Or maybe You've looked into that, but I just want to make sure that we've got the right language so that

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder

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• However, the issue of whether a pro bono attorney may collect attorney's fees lacks clear statutory guidance
• I do worry that the language is very broad, and the indirectly influencing, I feel.
• The language is very broad, and the indirectly influencing, I feel as though, there's not enough clarity
• Madam Chair, members, SCR 1014 is a two-part voter referral measure that contains the exact same language
• I appreciate the underlying intent of the bill, but I do worry that the language is very broad, and the

Bills: SB1285, SB1289, SB1326, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1392, SB1402, SB1425, SCR1013, SCR1014

Keywords: sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law