Transcript Highlights:

• If we can go to the next slide about the compacting process.
• During compact negotiations, our ex officio members are voting members per the statute for compact amendments
• So you'll note that there are compact amendment, a compact section 2 and 3A.
• Compact amendment, compact section two and three A—those things are just there to carry into effect Appendix
• This is our last slide on the summary of the compact.

Summary: The joint House and Senate committee meeting heard public testimony on tentative tribal-state gaming compact amendments for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Staff from the Washington State Gambling Commission explained the compacting process, the role of ex officio legislative members, and that the amendments would next go to the Gambling Commission for a January 8, 2026 vote before possible governor review. The Port Gamble S'Klallam presentation emphasized how gaming revenue supports tribal government services, health care, housing, education, language revitalization, natural resources work, and community investment projects in Kitsap County. For Port Gamble S'Klallam, the proposed changes include expanded credit and wager limits, more gaming stations and player terminals, language for a second facility, and adoption of an electronic table games appendix similar to other tribes. Members asked about pre-screening for high-limit tables, including how the tribe would define problem gambling and self-exclusion; tribal counsel said internal minimum control standards were still being developed and more detail would follow. A question about green crab removal in Port Gamble Bay was deferred for follow-up because the natural resources director was not present. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe described its history, sovereignty, gaming operations, and how gaming revenue supports member programs such as nutrition assistance, education aid, homeownership down payment help, and charitable giving in Skagit County. Its amendment would allow electronic table games after the tribe removed traditional table games due to staffing and cost pressures, with the goal of remaining competitive. Committee members also asked about air quality and smoking-related provisions in the compact; the tribe said it maintains separate smoking and non-smoking areas and supports smoking cessation efforts. Chairs from both chambers closed by thanking the tribes for their contributions to members, local communities, and natural resource protection.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, on, as the chairman said, on this compact and the two other compacts that we've taken up today, I
• </c><00:08:34.399><c> The</c> compacts. Ours is no different. The compacts. Ours is no different.
• </c><00:09:41.360><c> that</c> compact and the two other compacts that compact and the two other compacts
• This is her compact.
• Let's do our third compact. &gt;&gt; Thank you. Let's do our third compact.

Committee: House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Transcript Highlights:

• The compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
• AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
• The compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
• AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
• This compact extension simply preserves the status quo by extending...

Summary: The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee held an informational hearing on the Tribal-State Gaming Compact extension between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe. Chair Blanca Rubio explained that the hearing was for briefing only, with no formal vote, and that the Legislature cannot amend the compact; AB 1389 is the ratification bill that will later come before the Assembly floor. The extension preserves the existing compact’s terms and extends it through December 31, 2026, to maintain the tribe’s economic stability while a new compact is negotiated. Governor Newsom’s senior advisor for tribal negotiations, Matthew Lee, said the extension simply preserves the status quo while negotiations continue on a new compact expected to come before the Legislature later this year. Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph James testified that the amendment does not change any substantive terms, but gives the tribe time to negotiate a new agreement and continue operating its existing gaming and hospitality operations under the current framework. Chris Lundstrom of the California Tribal Business Alliance spoke in support. There was no opposition, no member questions, and no vote taken. The chair then adjourned the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Tulalip tribes of Washington, as well as the amended compact for the Cowlitz Indian tribe.
• IGRA outlines what the tribes and states can negotiate into compacts.
• This is the gaming compact amendment approval process.
• We have done with the Tulalip tribes' proposed restated compact.
• In 2014, the tribe signed our first compact.

Summary: A joint hearing of the Senate Business, Trade and Economic Development Committee and the House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee reviewed tentative tribal-state compact amendments involving the Tulalip Tribes and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Washington State Gambling Commission staff explained the compact approval process under IGRA and said the commission and ex officio legislators would take public comment and vote at an August 28 special meeting on whether to forward the agreements to the governor or send them back for further negotiation. The amendments would not take effect until published in the Federal Register. Tulalip Chairman Hazen Chappell testified in support of the Tulalip restated compact, describing tribal gaming as a governmental enterprise that funds health care, education, housing, elder services, public safety, natural resources, and other services. He said the tribe has employed more than 3,000 people, contributed over $113 million to charities and community programs since 1993, and continues to emphasize responsible gaming and regulatory cooperation. Commission staff said the Tulalip restatement consolidates 12 prior amendments, updates appendices and definitions, adds new appendices, removes some older provisions, and includes higher wager limits, jackpot sharing, and an option to increase player terminal allocations. Cowlitz Chairman William Ayala and Ilani Casino President Kara Fox LaRose presented the tribe’s sixth compact amendment. They highlighted the tribe’s history, community investments, education and elder programs, language revitalization, public safety support, and more than $35 million in foundation contributions since 2017. The proposed Cowlitz amendment would raise wager limits up to $1,000, create a special higher-limit player process with due diligence and responsible gaming safeguards, enhance signage and marketing requirements, allow temporary gaming areas, and adjust TLS ticket pricing when the state lottery raises ticket prices. Committee members asked about self-exclusion and credit practices; Cowlitz officials said hundreds of people have used the self-exclusion program and that higher-limit play is tied to front money or a $100,000 minimum credit line. No votes were taken at the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Having served on this committee my first term, I know the nature of compacts, licensing compacts, is
• is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So, Understand that a compact is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So to change those words in that compact would be not a compact. Correct?
• In regard to the compact itself, we have eight compacts currently in Missouri that have been passed in

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Summary: The Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing met with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 1797, a public accounting bill. The committee adopted a substitute that was described as clarification language to mirror the Senate version, then voted the House Committee Substitute do pass by unanimous roll call. The committee also considered House Bill 2974, adopted Amendment 0.01H adding clarifying scope-of-practice language, rolled the amendment into a committee substitute, and then voted the House Committee Substitute do pass unanimously. The committee then heard testimony on House Bill 1623, which would add massage therapists and chiropractors to the list of health care professionals subject to emergency disciplinary action through the Administrative Hearing Commission. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect patients and give licensing boards faster authority to act against bad actors in vulnerable settings. Supporters included a trial lawyer who described sexual assault cases involving massage parlors and a lobbyist for the Missouri Chiropractic Physicians Association, who said quicker action would improve public safety and professional integrity. No opposition was presented. Next, the committee heard House Bill 309, which would provide clarity for nonprofit pharmacies serving low-income and underserved patients in emergency situations, inspired by access problems after the St. Louis tornadoes. The sponsor and an RX Outreach representative said the bill would help pharmacies transfer or dispense needed medications during emergencies without reducing oversight, and they discussed limits on quantities and controlled substances. Members asked why the bill was limited to nonprofit pharmacies and whether it applied outside Missouri; the witnesses said they were open to amendments and clarified the bill was aimed at Missouri emergencies. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3129, the Physician Assistant Compact. The sponsor said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, by allowing reciprocal practice across participating states without changing Missouri scope-of-practice law. A PA testified in support, saying it would help retain and recruit PAs and improve flexibility near state borders. The Missouri State Medical Association opposed the bill, arguing it could affect scope of practice, give compact commission rules too much authority, and weaken Missouri’s regulatory control; the Division of Professional Registration supported it, saying it fits rural health transformation goals and that compact participants would still have to follow Missouri scope laws. A nonprofit workforce group also testified in support. No votes were taken on the hearing bills before adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
• The compact is similar to other occupational licensing compact the West Virginia has already enacted.
• For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
• , the nurse licensure compact, For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact
• Enacting this compact will allow the Board of Respiratory Care licensees to obtain compact privileges

Summary: The committee met, approved the March 5, 2026 minutes, and then took up several health- and human-services-related bills. House Bill 5086, concerning peer support programs for covered caregivers, was explained as creating training and testimonial privilege protections; the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that boards may still require participation in a board-designated professional health program, and then reported the bill to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. House Bill 5004, an educational bill on PANS and PANDAS, was supported by the sponsor, who described his family’s experience and the importance of earlier diagnosis; it was reported to the Senate without amendment. House Bill 5327, which would require the Department of Human Services to create an ALS services program, also received supportive testimony from the sponsor and members, but the transcript reflects the bill being reported as House Bill 537; it was moved forward without amendment. The committee then considered House Bill 5096, which would remove personal care and intellectual/developmental disability waiver services from certificate-of-need review. The sponsor argued the change would reduce regulatory burden and expand access, while a county aging-program director testified that certificate-of-need revenues help fund senior meals and services and that eliminating the requirement would reduce important support for aging providers. After a division vote, the motion to report the bill failed 3-9. House Bill 4695, allowing PEIA patients to switch to an alternative medically appropriate covered treatment without new prior authorization if it costs no more than the original treatment, was explained as carrying an estimated $13 million annual cost to PEIA and was reported to the Senate. The committee also advanced House Bill 5582, enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, after discussion of a committee amendment removing a new-background-check-at-initial-licensure provision; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported. Another House Bill 5582, concerning the TANF drug screening program, was described as removing the sunset date and allowing oral fluid testing in addition to urine samples; it too was reported. Finally, House Bill 5466 renamed the batterer intervention program as an abuse intervention program and allowed live synchronous virtual delivery with an in-person option; the sponsor said the change would expand access statewide, and the bill was reported to the Senate. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• But having served on this committee my first term, I know the nature of compacts, licensing compacts,
• is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• Understand that a compact is a compact because all the states have a uniform compact.
• So to change those words in that compact would be not a compact. Correct?
• Most of the language in this compact, having gone through it, is standard across most all of our compacts

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
• The compact is similar to other occupational licensing compact the West Virginia has already enacted.
• For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact, the nurse licensure compact
• , the nurse licensure compact, For example, the medical licensure compact, the physician assistant compact
• Enacting this compact will allow the Board of Respiratory Care licensees to obtain compact privileges

Committee: Senate Health and Human Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the compact amendment process.
• The amendments also make the tribe's compact current with other compacts within the state, incorporating
• Is that existing in other tribal compacts? Is this new to this compact?
• No, it's not new to this compact.
• I understand that these compact changes are roughly in line with other sets of compact changes we've

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:

• disclose all known treatment records and use available non-destructive testing, such as X-ray fluorescence

Summary: The joint hearing focused on the University of California’s compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and CalNAGPRA, based on the California State Auditor’s April 2025 report and updates from UC and tribal representatives. Committee members and tribal witnesses emphasized the moral urgency of returning ancestral remains and cultural items, criticized the lack of clear timelines and accountability, and noted that other institutions have repatriated collections more quickly. The State Auditor said UC still has major gaps in identifying collections, completing campus searches, setting measurable deadlines, securing items, and fully using repatriation funding; the auditor projected that some campuses could take until 2037, 2041, 2053, or even 2089 to finish at current rates, and said 12 of 19 audit recommendations remained open. The Native American Heritage Commission said progress has been too slow and that new CalNAGPRA enforcement regulations are being finalized. UC Office of the President and campus leaders responded that the university has made substantial changes since 2019, including a revised NAGPRA policy, expanded staffing, new committees with tribal representation, more consultation, and more financial support for tribes. UC said it has repatriated more than 9,000 ancestors, 280,000 associated funerary objects, and 59,000 other cultural items systemwide, and that it is continuing to implement audit recommendations and improve transparency through a repatriation dashboard and funding information. Berkeley, San Diego, Riverside, and Santa Barbara each described campus-specific progress, including more staff, more consultations, more site reviews, and updated timelines; Berkeley said it is on track to publish remaining ancestors by the federal deadline, San Diego said it has repatriated 73% of remains and about 53% of cultural items, Riverside said nearly all known ancestors and associated funerary objects have been noticed or repatriated, and Santa Barbara said it has restructured its program and added staffing and tracking systems. Members pressed UC on why timelines remain so long, why some campuses still lack clear completion dates, and whether the Legislature should use budget tools to increase accountability. The auditor suggested the Legislature could consider stronger funding conditions and clearer expectations, while some members noted constitutional limits on earmarking UC’s base budget. UC said repatriation must be tribally led, that consultation and reburial can take time, and that some delays stem from incomplete records, overlapping tribal claims, and the need to reunite items with ancestors. No formal vote or action was taken at the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• should disclose all known treatment records and use available non-destructive testing, such as X-ray fluorescent

Transcript Highlights:

• IT KEPT THE STATE IN THE COMPACT. REALLY THAT IS WHAT THIS ALIGNMENT IS.
• DO ALL STATES PARTICIPATE IN THE MILITARY COMPACT OR HAVE ANY OFF THE OUT?
• THAT IS THE REAL POINT OF THE COMPACT IS TRYING TO KEEP KIDS ON TRACK.
• IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH OUR COMPACT COMMISSIONER.
• AS COMPACT COMMISSIONER MCCAFFREY SHARED FOR IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 11 STATES WHO ADOPTED THE COMPACT

Transcript Highlights:

• ; repealing Section 42-3309, Idaho Code, relating to the Salmon Falls Creek Water Compact; repealing
• Compact; repealing Section 42-30320, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact; repealing
• 30322, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact.
• Compact; repealing Section 42-3506, Idaho Code, relating to the Columbia Interstate Compact; and repealing
• Interstate Compact; and declaring an effective date.

Transcript Highlights:

• Compact, but also in the compacts for psychologists, counselors, physical therapists.
• By the way, no state has ever left the compact.
• the medical compact.
• The access comes through having compacts.
• We have been working on these compacts for a while.

Transcript Highlights:

• This compact extension does not change the terms of the tribe's existing compact.
• AB 1389 is the ratification bill for the compact extension.
• This compact extension simply preserves the status quo by extending...
• It does not change any of the substantive terms of the current compact.
• It simply gives us time to negotiate a new compact with the Governor's office.

Committee: House Governmental Organization

Transcript Highlights:

• The compact-based budget increases were intended to accomplish three things.
• Predictable tuition is dependent on the fulfillment of the compact.
• met the 2026-27 compact goal for California undergraduate enrollment growth.
• Native American student enrollment increased by 50% during the compact.
• This enrollment level would exceed the compact enrollment goal.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid. On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary. The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed. The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.

Transcript Highlights:

• Tulalip tribes of Washington, as well as the amended compact for the Cowlitz Indian tribe.
• IGRA outlines what the tribes and states can negotiate into compacts.
• The tribal-state compacts address these shared public protection interests to ensure that...
• This is the Gaming Compact Amendment approval process.
• We have done with the Tulalip Tribes' proposed restated compact.

Transcript Highlights:

• Compact negotiations.
• The changes in the 2021 compact also included the establishment of the compact trust fund.
• Madam Chair, I guess if it's in the compact, is it in the compact or is it just being discussed?
• Senator Leach, the tribes have all signed the compact and the state has signed the compact.
• The description of how you The compact and the state has signed the compact.

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:

• The compact-based budget increases were intended to accomplish three things.
• Predictable tuition is dependent on the fulfillment of the compact.
• met the 2026-27 compact goal for California undergraduate enrollment growth.
• Native American student enrollment increased by 50% during the Compact.
• This enrollment level would exceed the Compact enrollment goal.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the compact amendment process.
• The amendments also make the tribe's compact current with other compacts within the state, incorporating
• Is that existing in other tribal compacts? Is this new to this compact?
• No, it's not new to this compact.
• I understand that these compact changes are roughly in line with other sets of compact changes we've

Summary: The committee held a special hearing on a tentative amended, restated gaming compact between the State of Washington and the Squaxin Island Tribe. Washington State Gambling Commission Director Tina Griffin said the state and tribe had reached tentative agreement after collaborative negotiations, and explained the approval process: public comment and a commission vote with ex officio legislative members, followed by governor review, tribal submission to the Secretary of the Interior, and Federal Register publication before the compact becomes effective. Squaxin Island representative Ray Peters said the tribe supports the amendments, describing them as clarifications that improve casino regulation and align the compact with other state compacts while supporting jobs and funding for housing, health care, and other services. Commission staff member Johnny Bray walked through the compact changes, including restating several appendices, removing the CX2 addendum, and adding new appendices on limitations and electronic table games. He said the limitations appendix raises certain wagering and facility ceilings, including higher table-game and tribal lottery system limits, authorization for credit for qualified patrons, and screening requirements for high-limit areas. He also described the new electronic table games appendix, which allows wager limits up to $500 and a nine-to-one ratio of electronic games to gaming stations, along with additional responsible-gaming commitments. Members asked about the location of the tribe and whether higher limits could increase problem gambling; staff said the limits are ceilings, other tribes already have similar authorizations, and the tribe must screen patrons and implement protections. The committee then held a work session with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and staff on the office’s fiscal note process. Tim Gallivan explained the office’s three-day turnaround, workload-based FTE estimates, use of assumptions and ranges, and how fiscal notes include both salary/benefit costs and broader operating costs such as enterprise support and administration allocations. He also described how litigation costs are estimated in coordination with the Attorney General, including when costs are known, estimated from comparable cases, or marked indeterminate. Members questioned whether fiscal notes can reflect policy disagreements and how assumptions differ across agencies, and discussed examples involving the Washington Voting Rights Act and ranked choice voting. Hobbs and staff said fiscal notes are based on bill language, not intent, and that early sponsor contact can help refine estimates. No votes were taken in the work session.