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• the general fund and would prohibit a future budget act from allocating funds for the purpose of evaluating
• Budget Act from allocating funds for the purpose of evaluating a solution.
• While data is critical for the evaluation of services and programs, our opposition is rooted in fiscal
• Additionally, the state controller is mandated to perform a regular audit.
• SB 330 brought much-needed clarity to housing projects and how they are evaluated by local governments

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• ><c> stability</c><00:08:44.320><c> and</c> perform hinges on stability and perform hinges on stability
• Evaluating existing policies and issue.
• You will perform sex acts at our shops.
• You will perform sex acts at our shops.
• You will perform sex acts at our shops.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I had a chance to hear them perform live and be there when they were awarded this honor.
• I had a chance to hear them perform live and be there when they were awarded this honor.
• I had a chance to hear them perform live and be there when they were awarded this honor.
• Leadership is not a performance; it's not a posture.
• Leadership is not a performance; it's not a posture.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, November 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• these dollars in order to provide expanded opportunities for students to engage in the visual and performing
• In addition, we've had music and performing arts in our secondary schools prior to Prop 28.
• And then in 2023, our team performed an arts audit to actually look at what staffing looked like, what
• So what was happening was that, directed by the CCTC, the commission... ...they would evaluate these
• If you go to Fresno and look for the Cynthia Merrill School of Performing Arts, that is an excellent

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism and the Assembly Education Committee held a joint informational hearing on implementation of Proposition 28, the 2022 voter-approved arts education funding measure. Chairs emphasized the goal of understanding how the roughly $900 million to nearly $1.1 billion annual funding stream is being used, whether it is supplementing rather than supplanting existing arts programs, and what reporting or guidance improvements may be needed. The Legislative Analyst’s Office reviewed the basic structure of Prop 28: funds are distributed 70% by enrollment and 30% by low-income student counts, 80% must generally be spent on staffing, districts may use up to 1% for administration, and annual local reports and audits are required. Members pressed the LAO on waivers, spending timelines, and whether smaller or rural districts face different challenges; the LAO said some waivers have been issued and that districts have three years to spend each allocation, but statewide data remain limited. WestEd, Create California, and the California County Superintendents described early implementation findings and concerns. Their testimony said schools are using funds for arts materials, staffing, expanded instruction, and field trips, and that many respondents saw positive effects on student access and engagement. At the same time, they reported confusion about allowable uses, supplement-versus-supplant rules, and the 80/20 staffing requirement, along with shortages of credentialed arts teachers and uneven access across districts. Create California argued that Prop 28 has generated optimism but also uncertainty, especially for community arts organizations that have seen reduced contracts as districts bring services in-house. County superintendents and researchers called for clearer statutory guidance, stronger technical assistance, better statewide data, and more support for teacher credentialing pathways. District and county officials then described local implementation. Long Beach Unified said it moved quickly to full implementation, using Prop 28 to expand elementary and secondary arts offerings, hire 56 certificated staff and more than 120 classified coaches, and develop a five-year arts strategic plan tied to equity goals. Butte County and other rural representatives said Prop 28 has enabled restored or expanded programs, including arts teachers, theater, and music offerings, but rural districts still struggle to recruit credentialed staff and to make small allocations workable across large distances. The California Music Educators Association echoed those themes, saying members report both new positions and supplies as well as confusion, fear of audit findings, and inconsistent district guidance. Committee members asked about arts definitions, credentialing, rural pooling of funds, and out-of-state teacher credentials; witnesses said media arts are included, multiple credential pathways exist, and recent legislation has eased some out-of-state credential barriers. The hearing ended with public comment beginning after the panel discussions.

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

Bills: SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• competitive, they will outsource the custom fabricated items on projects and lay off those currently performing
• These were their metrics, and this is how they performed against those metrics.
• and has been diagnosed with a disability or chronic illness which prevents that participant from performing

Bills: AB6 , AB102 , AB131 , AB212 , AB213 , AB220 , AB259 , AB282 , AB376 , AB396 , AB479 , AB503 , AB570 , AB572 , AB574 , AB576 , AB593 , SB185 , SB207 , SB507 , AB6

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, FASD, prenatal alcohol exposure, children's health, developmental disability, early intervention, treatment assistance, Aging and Disability Services Division, Department of Health and Human Services, Autism Treatment Assistance Program, public health, parent education, evidence-based treatment, Nevada NRS 427A, disability services, behavioral health, emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district

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• other duties as directed by and perform other duties as directed by the<02:33:45.359><c> director.
• Um, how often do you um evaluate or performance value do performance evaluation?
• </c> manager before you did the evaluations? manager before you did the evaluations?
• > &gt;&gt; You did performance appraisals &gt;&gt; You did performance appraisals um um um &gt;&gt; and
• /c><03:27:26.160><c> spending</c> evaluating what we're currently spending evaluating what we're currently

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• When sleep declines, attention weakens, academic performance drops, and anxiety rises.
• When sleep declines, attention weakens, academic performance drops, and anxiety rises.
• California needs a standing expert body to evaluate age assurance technologies, to monitor compliance
• That is not performing better than the generation before it.
• These tools significantly impact job duties, performance evaluations, and overall working conditions.

Summary: The committee heard AB 1988, which would require AI companion chatbots to respond to credible self-harm or violence-related crisis expressions by displaying the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, warning users, and pausing the chat for human review after repeated crisis signals. The author and supporters said the bill is a measured safety standard to redirect vulnerable users to human help, citing research and cases where chatbots worsened suicidal ideation or violent behavior. Support came from crisis and medical advocates, while no opposition testimony was offered. The chair and members expressed strong support, and the bill was held pending quorum before later action on the agenda. The committee then took up AB 1709, which would set a minimum age of 16 for users to create or maintain accounts on social media platforms with harmful addictive features and would create an E-Safety Advisory Commission in the Attorney General’s office. The author argued the bill targets product design, not speech, and is intended to curb compulsive features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic feeds while allowing safer or non-addictive platforms to remain available. Supporters, including a psychologist and the Organization for Social Media Safety, described cyberbullying, predation, compulsive use, and mental health harms; opponents, including EFF, ACLU-Cal Action, TechNet, and youth advocacy groups, warned about privacy, First Amendment, and access-to-community concerns, especially for LGBTQ youth and other marginalized groups. Committee members debated whether the bill is a ban or a delay, how age assurance would work, and whether the proposal would be effective or could push youth to less safe spaces. Several members said they would support the bill as a first step, while others raised concerns about enforceability, privacy, and constitutional issues. The author emphasized that the bill is limited to specific harmful design features, not content or general internet access, and that the new commission would monitor evolving technology and recommend future updates. No final vote was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• When sleep declines, attention weakens, academic performance drops, and anxiety rises.
• California needs a standing expert body to evaluate age assurance technologies, to monitor compliance
• That is not performing better than the generation before it academically, intellectually, IQ scores.
• Do you have any logistics that you put on to facilitate concerts, shows, or entertainment performances
• These tools significantly impact job duties, performance evaluations, and overall working conditions.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Miley, the way the ground temperature impacts our system design performance is, I mean, it's factored
• </c><00:31:55.679><c> is</c> impacts our system design performance is impacts our system design performance
• of the system I mean it performance of the system I mean it might<00:32:12.200><c> I</c><00:32:12.320
• Fresh Energy is evaluating the role hydrogen can play in building a carbon-neutral economy.
• It does require high-purity water to run through that system, so we're still evaluating if it's something

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It simply says that when work can be performed seated, workers should have that option.
• </c><01:27:30.880><c> We</c> evaluating what that cost would be.
• We evaluating what that cost would be.
• They would like more training about job tasks when they're performing new job tasks.
• They would like more training about job tasks when they're performing new job tasks.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• with bipartisan support that increases the statute of limitations for unscrupulous contractors to perform
• We've required the state, through CalRecycle, to pre-qualify large contractors to perform wildfire debris
• A CSLB contractor's license is required to perform the debris removal work.
• So it's vitally important the person performing that work has the required training.
• They're going to print and re-evaluate, and I want to express my gratitude to the committee and to the

Committee: House Business and Professions

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• That standard was set in 2008 as part of our greenhouse gas emissions performance standards for power
• Evaluating the proposed and actual performance of projects using a cradle-to-grave life cycle analysis
• And, as is the case with many emerging technologies and scale-ups, sometimes projects do not perform
• However, 45Q is a tax credit, and it does not perform as an environmental regulation.
• levels to which the performance, the product stewardship program organization, must meet.

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: 904, all

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• The department is currently approved as an accrediting body, and we perform that function at the moment
• These technologies are advancing faster than our ability to fully evaluate their impact on patient safety
• Federal regulations do not require these duties to be performed by a physician.
• Trained professionals under a medical director's oversight can perform them.
• Federal regulations do not require these duties to be performed by physician.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2437, which would put the Department of Health’s authority to accredit opioid treatment programs into statute and allow the department to set a fee to cover the cost of those services. The prime sponsor and DOH said the bill would preserve a service that is especially important to tribal and rural providers and would be self-sustaining rather than supported by the general fund. Members asked about the relationship between DOH and HCA and whether the bill would duplicate existing authority; staff and the department said DOH already performs the accrediting role and the bill mainly formalizes that authority and fee-setting power. Public testimony on the bill was then closed. The committee then held an extensive work session on the federal 340B drug pricing program and later opened public testimony on House Bill 2145, which would prohibit manufacturers, distributors, and third-party logistics providers from restricting 340B drug acquisition or delivery and from requiring claims or utilization data as a condition of access. Committee staff and NCSL gave background on how 340B works, recent growth in the program, contract pharmacy issues, and state efforts in other jurisdictions. Testimony on HB 2145 was sharply divided: hospitals, community health centers, tribal representatives, contract pharmacies, and labor groups said the bill would protect safety-net providers, rural access, HIV and behavioral health services, and tribal programs from manufacturer restrictions; business groups, pharmaceutical companies, and employer coalitions argued the program has expanded beyond its original intent, lacks transparency, shifts costs to employers and taxpayers, and should be addressed through federal reform instead. No vote was taken in the excerpt. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2155, which would bar non-human entities from using nursing titles such as RN, APRN, or LPN or otherwise implying they are licensed nurses. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to protect patients from being misled by AI systems and to preserve transparency and public safety as health care technology expands. The Washington State Nurses Association testified in support, saying AI can be useful but should not replace nurses or be presented as a licensed professional. A member asked about enforcement and liability, and staff said they would follow up on those details.

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• I really want to re-emphasize the importance of tracking performance of transit-oriented development.
• But from a building code standpoint, we really had to reestablish what the performance criteria is to
• I know that there's an interest in performance-based code, so that is something that I'm interested in
• So a quick example on the energy code, we do have pathways where we can use, again, performance-based
• We do have pathways where we can use, again, performance-based design.

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee heard a series of work-session presentations focused on transit-oriented development, commercial-to-residential redevelopment, building code implementation, housing market trends, and the Covenant Homeownership Program. The first presentation, from the Urban Institute, reviewed research on HB 1491 and TOD feasibility, arguing that Washington has made major progress but faces diverging conditions across transit areas. The presenter said rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and lower rents in some markets have made many projects less feasible, and recommended targeted infrastructure funding for lower-market communities, adjustments to MFTE and affordability requirements by local market conditions, more support for very low-income housing in high-market transit areas, minimum density standards near stations, expanded public land/joint development tools, and better tracking of TOD outcomes over time. Committee members asked about AMI calculations, immigration’s effect on construction labor, developer input, and whether a tracking mechanism had been removed from the bill. The Department of Commerce then outlined implementation of HB 1491 and demonstrated the new Washington Zoning Atlas, which is live and intended to help visualize zoning, overlays, and station-area conditions. Commerce said local governments will designate station areas, update zoning and MFTE policies, and handle anti-displacement measures, with Vancouver and Spokane first to implement and Puget Sound following later. Staff described a timeline for updated MFTE guidance, station-area implementation guidance, a TOD model ordinance, and later rulemaking on variances. The committee also heard from the Lieutenant Governor’s office on a report about converting commercial properties to housing, which found substantial potential for redevelopment on vacant or underused commercial land, especially near transit, but noted barriers such as ground-floor retail mandates, affordability requirements, infrastructure costs, private covenants, and slow implementation. The office urged by-right residential use on commercial land and faster rollout of new housing laws. The State Building Code Council updated the committee on its three-year code cycle and several legislatively directed actions, including minimum dwelling size, emergency shelters, and especially single-exit stairs and multiplex housing. Council staff said those code changes are nearing completion and will provide prescriptive solutions, while noting that elevator size and requirements were not changed and would require separate legislative direction if the committee wanted to revisit them. Members discussed the cost impacts of building and energy codes and the council said it is required to consider economic impacts and is increasingly looking at performance-based approaches. Later, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research presented its annual housing report, showing that higher mortgage rates have sharply reduced affordability, flattened house prices in many cities, and slowed single-family permitting and completions, while multifamily construction has recently cooled after a prior surge. Finally, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission reported strong first-year results for the Covenant Homeownership Program, which provides zero-interest down payment assistance to eligible first-time buyers with family ties to Washington before 1968; the program assisted 547 homebuyers in its first fiscal year, with more than $60 million loaned, and the agency said participation has continued to grow after income-limit changes enacted in 2025.

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• You can see that our funded ratio was performing better, and the legislature had increased benefits.
• The performance, the takeaway is that you've been doing really well in performance, and that's great.
• On slide 20, that gives us a little bit as far as our investment performance.
• We actually did bring on an ongoing consultant to assist us with this evaluation, as well as provide
• On page 20, again, there's a lot of information on investment performance.

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

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• Universities and school districts right now, regardless of how well a school is performing, they can
• apply... ...regardless of how well a school is performing, they can apply.
• Representative Valdes, as I mentioned before, the school district, regardless of a school's performance
• There's plenty of circumstances completely separate from a school's performance where parents might want
• This section is not an indictment of a school's performance.

Summary: The committee first took up PCS for HB 123, which would change the process for converting a public school to a charter school by requiring approval from a majority of parents at the school, allow municipalities to apply to convert certain schools under limited circumstances, and address surplus school property in districts with declining enrollment. The sponsor said the bill is meant to give parents the primary say and to prevent districts from holding unused property. Opponents, including the Florida PTA, several members, and public speakers, argued the bill excludes teachers, school boards, and other stakeholders, could disenfranchise parents who do not live in the municipality, and could create enrollment, transportation, and equity problems. After debate, the bill passed 13-5 and was reported favorably. The committee then heard HB 597 on diabetes management in schools. The bill would allow school districts and charter schools to procure and store glucagon pens for emergency treatment of severe hypoglycemia, permit trained personnel to administer them, require 911 to be called after use, and add limited liability protections. The sponsor said the medication is inexpensive and could save lives for the roughly 7,000 diabetic K-12 students in Florida. An amendment clarified that public and charter schools are both covered. The bill drew support from the American Diabetes Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Florida PTA, and members from both parties praised the measure. It passed unanimously and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard HB 85 on hazardous walking conditions, which would add walking along freeways, expressways, and their ramps as a hazardous condition requiring bus service for elementary students within two miles of school. The sponsor described personal examples of children walking near dangerous roads and said the bill is intended to prevent injuries and deaths. An amendment narrowed the language by deleting “state highway.” Public testimony included a parent who described her child being hit by a car and urged broader coverage, while members raised concerns about bus shortages and fiscal impact. Most members spoke in support, emphasizing student safety, and the bill was reported favorably after debate.

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• And I'm troubled that this firing was not based on her performance.
• My assumption is that ... is principally based on performance and merit.
• different than performing those kinds of searches and activities inside the United States with American
• Adequately evaluating this threat and adapting accordingly.
• To be candid, you performed very poorly in your conversation. With me.

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

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• We perform civil duties related to court orders, EPOs and DVOs.
• Mental health evaluation and transport is a big thing with the sheriff's office because if we get a 202A
• We have to take them to get evaluated.
• Mental health evaluation and transport Mental health evaluation and transport is is is a<00:26:52.840
• </c><00:27:09.920><c> them</c> We have to take them to get them We have to take them to get them evaluated

Bills: HB339

Committee: Joint Local Government

Keywords: Civil Air Patrol, CAP, emergency leave, job protection, employment discrimination, leave of absence, volunteer service, emergency response, Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, state employee leave, military leave, public employees, local government employers, reinstatement rights, seniority protection, unpaid leave, Meeting Start 00:00:03 Roll Call 00:00:14 Discussion of Local Law Enforcement Issues 00:03:08 Discussion of Civil Air Patrol Employment Protections 00:50:46 Adjournment 01:06:07, 958, all