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• House Bill 6-071, a bill to require hospitals to develop and implement financial assistance programs
• House Bill 6071, a bill to require hospitals to develop and implement financial assistance programs for
• Elect hospital trustees, maintain training schools for nurses, maintain nursing home facilities, provide
• money, and issue bonds, and notes, therefore, elect hospital trustees, maintain training schools for nurses
• , maintain nursing home facilities, provide suitable means for the care of tuberculosis persons, and

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and attendance showing a quorum. Several senators were excused, and the chamber received communications including House Concurrent Resolution 8, which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. The Senate also took up introductions and referrals of several bills, including Senate Bills 1078-1082 and House Bills 4727, 4728, 4729, 4959, 1545, 5254, 5255, 6071, 6072, and 6073, with most being referred to committees or, for some medical-debt and consumer-protection bills, sent to the Committee of the Whole by suspension of the rules. In Committee of the Whole, the Senate considered Senate Bills 535, 536, 1011, 1041, 1042, and 1043. SB 535, 1041, 1042, and 1043 were amended, while SB 536 and 1011 were reported without amendment; all were recommended for passage. The Senate then concurred in the amendments and advanced the bills to third reading. On final passage, SB 433 passed 35-0; SB 535, 536, and 1011 each passed 35-0; and SB 1041, 1042, and 1043 each passed 20-15. Floor remarks focused on SB 1011 as a way to lower small-business health insurance premiums, and SBs 1041-1043 as anti-price-gouging measures during emergencies. Later, the Senate discharged Senate Bill 913 from the Appropriations Committee, suspended the rules, and moved it through Committee of the Whole and to final passage the same day. SB 913, which amends the Michigan Trust Fund Act, passed 20-12 with 6 excused after Senator Albert argued in opposition that it would continue $75 million annual funding to the MEDC and amount to corporate welfare. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m.

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• As many of you know, Special Olympics programs across California provide year-round sports training and
• I want to recognize a few of the people that make this program so special.
• Jamie Mercado, who's a registered nurse in pediatric oncology at Sutter Health, and Kerry Stewart, also
• an oncology nurse at Sutter Health as well.
• an oncology nurse at Sutter Health as well.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• A doula is there alongside a pregnant woman's doctor, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to help
• I'm hired by the patient, but I'm integrating into the care team with the nurses and the doctors or midwives
• Maybe let's bring in a nurse or doctor, and you can raise that concern.
• addition to my interviews with families and birthing people, I've had the pleasure of interviewing a nurse
• It, it's going to help identify best practices and successful programs from other states.

Committee: House S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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• replacing Mary Westman has an impressive record of knowledge and experience spanning several areas from nursing
• Christian University and a bachelor of arts in healthcare administration and an associate's degree in nursing
• Profession, I am a registered nurse.
• Daniel Hamlin, who's my professor, who I made a relationship with through my time at OU, my master's program

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: 914, all

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• I'm a pediatric nurse here in California, and I strongly oppose this bill. Thank you.
• I'm a pediatric nurse. I strongly oppose this bill. Thank you. My name is Laura West.
• I'm a pediatric nurse. I strongly oppose this bill. Thank you.
• I'm a pediatric nurse here in Sacramento.
• I'm a mental health clinician in a K-12 program.

Summary: The committee met on April 1, 2025, first adopting its rules and then taking up AB 89, a bill to require CIF to align girls’ high school sports with federal policy and restrict participation to biological females. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect fairness, safety, privacy, and competitive opportunities for girls, citing individual student-athlete stories and examples of transgender participation. Opponents, including parents, athletes, advocates, and technical witnesses, argued the bill would stigmatize transgender youth, invite invasive scrutiny and harassment, and solve a problem they said was extremely rare or unsupported by data. After lengthy public testimony and debate, the committee rejected AB 89 on a 2-7 vote and sent it to the Committee on Education as a failed motion. The committee then heard AB 844, a related measure framed by the author as restoring competitive integrity, protecting student privacy, and bringing California into compliance with Title IX and federal directives. Supporters, including Matt Walsh and a student athlete who said she lost a varsity spot to a transgender student, argued that sex-based sports rules are necessary because biological males retain athletic advantages and that California risks federal funding if it does not change course. Opponents, including educators, parents, LGBTQ advocates, and trans youth, said the bill would increase bullying, harassment, and exclusion, and that existing policies have worked without evidence of harm from transgender athletes. Public comment was again heavily divided, with many speakers on both sides. The transcript ends during public testimony on AB 844, before any final committee vote or action is shown.

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• dental providers to be able to participate in the program.
• support dental providers to be able to participate in the program.
• We do have a couple of programs.
• We do have a couple of programs.
• Our program is also taught in Germany and England.

Bills: SB6138 , SB5899 , SB6072 , SB6094

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: dental procedures, sedation, patient safety, multiprovider system, healthcare regulation, chiropractic, animal care, veterinary medicine, license endorsement, nonhuman animals, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, veterinary telehealth, telemedicine, teletriage, teleadvice, animal health, licensed veterinarian, Washington veterinary board, prescription drugs

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• Unfortunately, it didn't include nurses who are currently in nursing school.
• Unfortunately, it didn't include nurses who are currently in nursing school.
• Members, today we have students from the Cambridge program.
• This bill does not create new funding programs.
• This bill does not create new funding programs.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of gallery introductions recognizing visitors, local officials, students, and public safety personnel. The chamber first took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee on 42 executive appointments; after Senator Gaetz explained that the committee had reviewed the appointees’ qualifications and suitability, the Senate adopted the report and confirmed the appointments by a 36-0 vote. The Senate then moved through a long special-order calendar focused largely on open-government sunset reviews and other policy bills. It passed measures to continue or consolidate public records and meeting exemptions for aquaculture records, agency-held trade secrets, and cybersecurity information, with one technical amendment adopted on the cybersecurity bill. The chamber also approved bills extending the statute of limitations for failure to report child abuse, strengthening regulation of commercial driving schools, requiring human trafficking education for nursing graduates, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, and making the related public-records exemption. Additional bills passed included a nature-based coastal resiliency measure with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, a chiropractic trust-funds bill, specialty license plates, a one-time waiver of late financial disclosure fines, public school personnel compensation changes, the annual Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services “Farm Bill,” homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders, disability-presumption clarifications for first responders, reinsurance intermediary manager changes, patriotic displays in public schools, ADS-B fee restrictions, autism-related law enforcement training and a Blue Envelope program, campus safety policy transparency at public colleges and universities, and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. The Senate also debated and passed a bill allowing licensed insurance agents to market health care sharing ministries, despite concerns raised by Senator Polsky about consumer confusion, commissions, and the sale of non-insurance products; supporters argued it restored free speech, religious liberty, and consumer choice. The chamber approved the bill 32-5 after debate. Most other measures passed with strong bipartisan support, often by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and several companion House bills were substituted in place of Senate bills before final passage.

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• Like my father and the rest who came over through the Bracero program and built so many of our roads
• Some of his major projects include the Shanghai Disney Resort and the O'Hare Modernization Program.
• I'd like to start by expressing my gratitude to the doctors, the nurses, the emergency room personnel
• The impact of Jim's work can be measured not only in programs and services, but in the peace of mind
• We can five million on the distressed financial loan program.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and removed SB 830 from the inactive file for return to the Assembly. It then took up several gubernatorial appointments, including Clint Kellum as Director of the Cannabis Control, Jennifer Osborne as Director of Industrial Relations, and two Medical Board of California appointments, Dr. Trinidad Solis and Dr. Gerald Tolbrook. Each appointment was confirmed by roll call, with broad support and no recorded opposition. The chamber also adopted SR 97 recognizing Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support, highlighting AAPI contributions to California, histories of exclusion and solidarity, and the importance of visibility and representation. The resolution passed 39-0. The Senate also recognized numerous AAPI community leaders and honorees on the floor, including Kay Buck and Mira Sorvino for anti-trafficking advocacy, and later several additional guests and community figures. Members then adopted several other resolutions by unanimous consent: SCR 168 designating Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, SCR 148 declaring GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day, SR 95 proclaiming ALS Awareness Month, SCR 156 for Stroke Awareness Month, and SR 110 recognizing Hospital Week in California. Floor remarks focused on public safety, rare disease awareness, stroke recovery and aphasia, and the role of hospitals and health care workers. The Senate also honored retiring California Professional Firefighters president Brian Rice with extensive tributes to his labor leadership, firefighter safety work, and disaster response advocacy. The meeting concluded with the remaining appointment confirmations and adjournment until May 14, 2026.

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• This would be an incentive for those counties to get with the program.
• It specifically says a nursing home defined in Section 334.0 that is privately owned.
• We have what's called the personal care program, and we have the cash grant.
• We have what's called the personal care program, and we have the cash grant.
• There's millions of profits for nursing homes and retirement homes.

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And for me, as a nurse, a lot of nurses, it's health. It's health. And that, to me,... It's health.
• So it's like a refer-a-friend program.
• We'll call up a panel of witnesses to testify on these bills and programs.
• And we don't have that authority in these camp programs.
• I am a pediatric nurse and the president of Protecting Texas Children.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Prevention Program.
• This program offers a variety of residential models, case management, and day programs to support the
• Also, the Older Independent Blind Program, the services that are offered through that program, along
• Because it is a federal program, it's not our program.
• programs that I mentioned earlier.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• So I think it was more that I've never been a doctor or a nurse, etc., and I wish I could.
• So I think it was more that I've never been a doctor or a nurse, etc., and I wish I could.
• So I think it was more that I've never been a doctor or a nurse, etc., and I wish I could.
• </c><00:19:10.400><c> And</c> a nurse etc. and I wish I could. And a nurse etc. and I wish I could.
• Look at the nursing shortage. I wish they would take train, uh, because my son is a nurse.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c> suspension of critical research programs suspension of critical research programs research<00:08
• and providers in my thousands of nurses and providers in my district<00:09:00.959><c> and</c><00:09:
• :09:04.040><c> a</c> hearing their experiences I spoke to a hearing their experiences I spoke to a nurse
• last week who shared the story of nurse last week who shared the story of a<00:09:05.880><c> patient
• that support Black birthing people, and these programs also help everyone.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• than five graduates in graduate programs at the master's and doctoral level. ...graduate programs at
• If you think about every program as a row in an Excel spreadsheet—2,000 programs—but that was inclusive
• They're just programs.
• And these would be professional programs only, not traditional master's programs.
• For nursing? For a health sciences degree, yes, nursing degree.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• </c><00:41:31.680><c> on</c> working on a statewide uh program on working on a statewide uh program on
• that developed that street program that developed that bipartisan<00:41:46.400><c> program</c><00:41
• </c><01:21:10.480><c> responsible</c> I'm the program associate responsible I'm the program associate
• </c> in some of those in-person nursing in some of those in-person nursing assistant<01:26:03.840><c>
• programs as individuals choose assistant programs as individuals choose to<01:26:06.560><c> protect<

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• When you put something into statute, the legislature would have the ability to manage the program.
• So if we can't afford to do this, we can change what our matches to all the hospitals and nursing homes
• like education. ...on every Oklahoman, or we would have to cut programs like education, roads, public
• We are able to go in there and manage the medical marijuana program, but we never took it away.
• I actually will push back very hard when you say it's our intent to repeal that program.

Summary: The committee primarily considered House Bill 440, which would move Medicaid expansion language from the Oklahoma Constitution into state statute and send the change to voters in a special election. Supporters argued this would give the Legislature flexibility to manage the program, especially if federal Medicaid matching rates were reduced, and said it would help protect the state budget and allow future adjustments such as eligibility or work requirements. Opponents said the measure would weaken voter-approved constitutional protections, create uncertainty for more than 300,000 enrollees, rural hospitals, and providers, and could allow future cuts without another vote of the people. Members also discussed the possible fiscal impact of a federal match change from 90-10 to 60-40, with supporters saying the state could face roughly a billion-dollar annual cost and would need flexibility to avoid cuts to other services. Questions also focused on the choice of an August special election rather than the November general election, and on whether tribal governments and other stakeholders had been consulted. After debate, the committee tabled an amendment and passed House Bill 440 on a 14-2 vote. The committee then took up House Joint Resolution 1087, which would change the Avalon reimbursement program so the Legislature could manage funding levels and methodologies rather than being bound to the current structure. It passed 14-2. The committee also considered House Joint Resolution 1067, a trigger measure that would only appear on the November ballot if House Bill 440 failed in August; it would relieve the state of any obligation to fund Medicaid expansion for working adults if the federal match dropped below 90%. After adopting a committee substitute and tabling an amendment, the resolution also passed 14-2. The committee then laid over H.J.R. 1089 and adjourned.

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• </c> programs that's around 3500. programs that's around 3500.
• tech program.
• :58:52.000><c> program.
• </c> running nursing apprenticeships. running nursing apprenticeships.
• </c> many drop out of the programs? many drop out of the programs?

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• from previous estimates and is growing quickly over time, driven largely by a medical assistance program
• , the state's Medicaid program.
• , the state's Medicaid program.
• This is true for many other entitlement programs outside of Medicaid as well.
• It would have a huge impact in our nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Because you're talking about the medical school, and I know you have the nursing programs going on, we
• Just one question, I'm really curious about where the funding for those stipends in the nursing program
• I will go to the next program, which is on page three: our emergency program.
• And then on page five is our next three programs. So the agent. Surplus program.
• federal programs.

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

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• SB 1057, Becker, certified nurse assistant and home health aide, do pass.
• SB 1171, Caballero, grant and loan programs, holding committee.
• SB 891, Cervantes, missing and murdered Indigenous persons justice program.
• SB 356, Jones, Elderly Parole Program, holding committee.
• SB 1075, Reyes, community air protection program, holding committee.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 13, 2026 suspense-file hearing on Senate bills, with the chair opening by thanking staff and recognizing consultant Jennifer Swenson’s retirement after 30 years in the Legislature. The committee explained that it was weighing the fiscal impact of 293 bills and that some would move forward while others would be held because of cost, duplication, or competing budget priorities. The committee then took up the suspense file in alphabetical order and acted on a large number of measures, sending many to the Assembly floor as due pass or due pass with amendments. Examples included bills on battery recycling, wildfire resilience loans, mobile home park disaster assistance, price gouging, veterans’ property tax exemptions, housing and insurance issues, energy and utility regulation, election procedures, criminal justice, health care, education, housing, environmental protection, and artificial intelligence. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, delay implementation, add reporting requirements, clarify definitions, or reduce costs; others were held in committee. Among the notable actions, several bills were advanced on roll calls while others were held, including measures related to water quality, utility rate information, juvenile detention, CARE Court, and various housing and energy proposals. The committee also moved a number of sunset and technical cleanup bills, and several members requested to be added as principal or joint authors on amended measures. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor, usually with amended language, and that the amended versions would be posted online. The hearing then adjourned.