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• </c> funds going directly to meals provided funds going directly to meals provided to<00:03:38.480><c
• Since then, we've provided 2024.
• </c> have updated our website to provide have updated our website to provide further<01:18:04.880><c>
• </c><01:18:17.840><c> one-on-one</c> and she is able to provide one-on-one and she is able to provide
• </c> getting them matched up with a provider getting them matched up with a provider is<01:29:00.080>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:25:11.000><c> of</c> interstate system the the network of interstate system the the network of
• </c><00:32:55.639><c> information</c> coordinating and providing information coordinating and providing
• </c> forests and the roads that provide forests and the roads that provide access<00:34:54.879><c> to
• </c> opportunities as well so I could provide opportunities as well so I could provide some<00:47:38.079
• </c> Kirk cadela he may be able to provide Kirk cadela he may be able to provide some<00:59:22.240><c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So with that being said, AB 1859 seeks to provide additional resources to DLSC by providing JLMCs reasonable
• We're going to protect our providers.
• of the resource service provider to remediate.
• This bill will help provide clarity.
• This bill will help provide clarity.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Projects deliver faster, all to the benefit of providing more homes for more people.
• Need, provide educational opportunities, and assist members facing hardship.
• We disrupted organized trafficking networks, provided new tools for law enforcement and prosecutors,
• We disrupted organized trafficking networks provided new tools for law enforcement.
• We disrupted organized trafficking networks, provided new tools for law enforcement and prosecutors,

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• For anyone providing testimony, please provide your name and who you're with to make sure we have that
• These are all practicing providers, and we were able to have one member attend today, and that is Providers
• In 2025, we had over 23,000 providers... In 2025, we had over 23,000 providers access the system.
• But the rule being interpreted and the definitions of health care providers, other health care providers
• provide care for the patient.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• </c> that the government is here to provide that the government is here to provide for<00:09:34.560><
• :20:36.480><c> uh</c><00:20:36.640><c> provider</c> carriers have adequate uh provider carriers have
• adequate uh provider networks<00:20:37.840><c> and</c><00:20:38.159><c> making</c><00:20:38.480><c> sure
• </c><00:20:39.360><c> um</c><00:20:39.520><c> that</c> networks and making sure um that networks and
• </c> an adequate network for people. an adequate network for people.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I think that the Piano Teachers Association just has some kind of network, so...
• That the Piano Teachers Association just has some kind of network.
• And I don't doubt there are good services being provided from the Pacific Tower.
• So good services being provided there, let's just take that as fact.
• It provides another tool for bringing accountability and transparency to the budget process.

Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6170, SB6176, SB6182, SB6335, SB5647, SB6047, HB2367, HB2606, SB5998, SB6005, SB6003, SB6129, SB6225, SB6228, SB6231

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law

Summary: The Senate convened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the previous day’s journal, then moved to a resolution honoring piano teachers. Senate Resolution 8698 was adopted after remarks from Senator Conway and others describing the role of piano teachers in music education, family life, and community service. Members of the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then took up the operating budget and considered a long series of amendments. Several amendments focused on housing costs and local planning, utility and energy policy, ballot measure costs, state spending growth, tort liability, and paid family and medical leave. Some amendments were adopted, including a study of utility cost impacts from climate laws, a grid-related funding amendment, a tort liability oversight/reporting amendment, and a workgroup on services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Others were rejected, including proposals to create a housing task force, cap state spending growth, fund ballot initiative costs, restore local planning grants, and change paid family and medical leave usage rules. Debate on the budget amendments was often partisan and detailed, with supporters arguing for fiscal restraint, cost transparency, and relief for taxpayers and local governments, while opponents emphasized existing work, program solvency, and the need to preserve services. The Senate also heard amendments on zero-based budgeting, federal education tax credit opt-in language, reproductive health funding, food assistance work requirements, and support for the Pediatric Interim Care Center; some were defeated and some were adopted. Roll-call votes were taken on certain amendments, and the transcript ends during consideration of Amendment 0787, which would restore funding for the Pediatric Interim Care Center.

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• To provide some context, back in 2013, during the 83rd regular session, this legislature passed a bill
• The issue at hand really is that the state's network of live instructors... is what requires them to
• It just provided more community service or something like that. And then can you take that from...
• How did that prevent y'all from providing the class? I mean, why do we need this?
• And then we also contract with a company, and they provide for young ladies, post-adjudication.

Bills: HB1967, HB3442, HB5525, HB5561, HB5653, HB5667, SB1171

Keywords: juvenile justice, correctional facilities, reform, rehabilitation, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, alcohol awareness, court-ordered programs, substance misuse education, deferred disposition, youth, parole reform, inmates under 18, mental health, educational achievement, reintegration, foster youth, behavior intervention, community services, diversion policies, HB 5653

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• an effective date, and providing a sunset date.
• an effective date, and providing a sunset date.
• a code reference, and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.
• a code reference and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date. 677303 Idaho Code to provide
• a code reference and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.

Keywords: 989, all

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• All public schools must provide a 50% local match.
• All public schools must provide a 50% local match.
• It would provide resources, structure, and accountability.
• It would provide resources, structure, and accountability.
• AB 2514 provides a practical transparency tool to aid in that goal.

Summary: The committee began without a quorum and first heard AB 302, which would prohibit schools from requiring students to use addictive social media feeds as a condition of participating in extracurricular activities and would require schools to offer a non-social-media way to communicate with students and families. The author and a student witness argued the bill protects minors from being forced onto addictive platforms, while senators asked how coaches and clubs would communicate; the author said email, built-in messaging, and other direct methods would still be allowed. The bill was held on call for absent members. The committee then took up AB 2504, creating a pilot program to train creative-industry workers for AI-related changes through partnerships among community colleges, employers, unions, and tech companies. Supporters from WME and the Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office said the program would help workers adapt to rapid industry change, while senators discussed the pilot’s size, geographic diversity, and sunset date. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. AB 1534 followed, adding state guardrails for federal Workforce Pell short-term training programs, including limits on tuition, restrictions on certain financing products, and transparency rules for partnerships with unaccredited entities. Support came from TICAS, EdTrust-West, and the Campaign for College Opportunity; senators questioned the scope of state authority and why private institutions were not clearly included, and the author said the broader approval framework was being handled in trailer bill language. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. The committee also heard AB 1381, a gut-and-amend proposal to strengthen screening for school teachers with histories of egregious misconduct while balancing due process and privacy concerns. Supporters and opponents both emphasized student safety and the need for reliable information-sharing, and members noted the bill was similar to a previously held measure; the author said amendments were still being worked out. The bill passed to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. AB 2202, which would create a Closing the Achievement Gap Commission to coordinate statewide efforts, drew broad support from school board and education groups but also concern that it could duplicate existing work and add bureaucracy; after extended debate about whether the commission would identify causes or solutions, it passed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Finally, AB 1547, requiring a UC feasibility study for a branch medical school in Kern County, drew local support but opposition from a senator who argued the Legislature cannot direct UC’s internal operations under the state Constitution; the chair said the Legislature can make recommendations and the bill remained under discussion.

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• It's to provide for general operating expenses, and it's to provide for additional conference and travel
• So that's one of the things that we are making sure: they are Arkansas providers that are providing the
• It would always be an Arkansas provider, yes. Okay. But this company is not providing, correct?
• It would always be an Arkansas provider, yes. Okay. But this company is not providing, correct?
• It would always be an Arkansas provider, yes. Okay. But this company is not providing, correct?

Summary: The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of budget, appropriation, transfer, and contract items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests for several agencies, including the Auditor of State, Department of Education, and Labor and Licensing; ARPA return requests from Workforce Services; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests for State Police and Agriculture; restricted reserve transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic stimulus; a Commerce reallocation of positions and spending authority; cash fund, budget classification, overtime, and pay plan requests; and 17 methods of finance items for universities and other agencies. Most items were approved without objection after brief explanations from staff and agencies. Several items drew questions and were held or discussed further. A Department of Human Services discretionary grant package for the RSVP program was held over after Senator Irvin raised concerns about whether the grants were an effective use of state general revenue and asked for more information on administration costs and program operations. In the contracts section, Representative Richardson questioned a DHS sole-source contract with EMS Link for document management software and a DHS contract with Presidio; the EMS Link item was held for additional answers, while the Presidio item was clarified as not sole-source and was allowed to proceed. Members also asked for more information on a Department of Education mental health referral contract with Care Solace, which officials said is a statewide concierge/referral service connecting students to Arkansas providers and telehealth options. The committee also reviewed monthly reports, including the Medicaid Trust Fund. DHS and DFA officials said the fund was currently sufficient to finish the fiscal year, though it was being drawn down and would likely require a $100 million transfer from restricted reserves in FY27, with another $100 million set aside in the governor’s budget as a backstop. Members discussed the need to define a minimum reserve level and to better account for ongoing Medicaid costs in the budget. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• </c><00:16:07.240><c> yearr</c> was a huge success and provided yearr was a huge success and provided
• </c> these vital sustainable Trail networks these vital sustainable Trail networks promoting<00:39:26.640
• </c><00:45:19.160><c> of</c> creating an interconnected network of creating an interconnected network
• </c> run a a third of that that Prov provides run a a third of that that Prov provides us<01:07:26.000
• You then move to four-wheelers, which provide more stability.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> that not all me mcha Members provide that not all me mcha Members provide health<00:13:23.680><c
• </c> choose to be in this market and provide choose to be in this market and provide access<00:20:59.480
• </c> the country for employer provided the country for employer provided insurance<00:37:07.920><c> and
• provide provide today<00:46:52.400><c> similarly</c><00:46:52.839><c> more</c><00:46:53.000><c> than
• <00:58:23.440><c> ay</c> Network ay Network ay requirements<00:58:25.680><c> um</c><00:58:26.160><c>

Bills: HF837

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, 1183, house

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• It provides books. Access to knowledge.
• It provides competitive matching grants.
• </c> state's transportation network state's transportation network uh<00:24:03.120><c> but</c><00:24:
• provide up to 80% of the total cost?
• </c><00:48:38.320><c> last</c> uh for any support they provided last uh for any support they provided

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our Father, provide each one with good health.
• Scott Wall provided a copy to us a couple of years ago.
• Teacher, supervise, but not provide instruction.
• that provides instruction for all, which is it? Full stop.
• There are clubs where teachers can. provide instruction with no restriction.

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• This funding is very important to help provide the services that we need to continue to provide for women
• When she finally went out of network, she got the diagnosis and a bill several times higher than in-network
• Thank you for allowing me to provide remote testimony.
• services by provider and insurance.
• That should be the job of the primary care provider.

Bills: SB6258, SB6182, SB5947, SJR8206, SB5823, SB6292

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund

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• In addition to providing waste 1990s.
• Hill said, to provide power to 13,000 homes.
• service that they provide that may not be top of mind.
• Larger utilities still must provide more than one program.
• We see it every day across our network.

Summary: The Environment and Energy Committee heard testimony on three bills. HB 2426 would allow the Pollution Control Hearings Board, with unanimous agreement of the parties, to use alternative board compositions for appeals, including a single member or other qualified environmental adjudicators, so long as one member is a Washington-licensed attorney and the panel has environmental law expertise. The bill sponsor and supporters from business and conservation groups said it was a narrow, consensus-based change intended to improve efficiency and predictability. ELUHO’s director supported the concept but flagged technical issues in the bill language about attorney and Growth Management Hearings Board member qualifications. HB 2416 would provide no-cost allowances under the Climate Commitment Act to Spokane’s waste-to-energy facility, which is not currently covered until the second compliance period. Supporters, including Spokane officials, labor, and local partners, said the facility protects a sole-source aquifer, provides waste disposal and electricity for about 13,000 homes, and faces large compliance costs that could raise rates and threaten jobs. Opponents from environmental groups and Ecology argued the bill would give the facility preferential treatment, subsidize most of its emissions through 2050, and fail to ensure real emissions reductions; AWB raised concern about market impacts if new allowances are added. No vote was taken. HB 2373 would require electric utilities to offer monthly bill discount programs with tiered income levels, expanded outreach and enrollment, and updated reporting on low-income energy assistance. The sponsor said the bill is meant to make assistance more consistent and accessible statewide, while utilities and rural co-ops warned it could create unfunded mandates and significant rate increases for non-low-income customers, especially in smaller systems. Supporters from community action agencies, Commerce, and some utilities said monthly assistance is needed because energy burdens are rising and current programs are patchwork, though several urged pairing the bill with state funding or amendments. The committee heard extensive testimony but took no final action on any of the bills.

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• All public schools must provide a 50% local match.
• It would provide resources, structure, and accountability.
• It would provide resources, structure, and accountability.
• AB 2514 provides a practical transparency tool to aid in that goal.
• AB 2514 provides a practical transparency tool to aid in that goal.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Everything that you provide, just underscore, is all for free.
• And ESGR provides the resources and they provide support.
• They provide counseling and they also provide education to employers as to the exam. that protect the
• We've also provided a virtual job fair after COVID hit.
• We've provided- provided one of the first virtual job fairs for veterans that covered all veterans in

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> being provided with answers to provide being provided with answers to provide to<00:33:59.519><c
• to provide some testimony as well?
• </c> provide some testimony as well. provide some testimony as well.
• </c> providing choice, right? providing choice, right?
• </c> The board provides um provides feedback. The board provides um provides feedback.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all