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• [Assistant Director Pavevlo:] Good morning, Madam Chair and members.
• Again, Joe Pavevlo, the Assistant Director with the Lassard Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.
• [Assistant Director Pavevlo:] The prairie, um, this is our largest area.
• And clearly thank you to Assistant Director Pavvelo for his deep expertise in this area.
• Assistant Director Joe, for being here today and presenting before the committee.

Committee: House Legacy Finance

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• When it comes to transitional housing and maybe providing some rental assistance, it depends on the funding
• So there's programs to assist with that as well.
• So there's programs to assist with that as well.
• So there's programs to assist with that as well.
• We'll assist them.

Bills: HB70 , HB93 , HB95 , HB139 , HB140 , HJR4

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Keywords: Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup

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• </c><00:16:54.000><c> into</c><00:16:54.200><c> adulthood</c> they need to transition into adulthood
• they need to transition into adulthood and<00:16:54.959><c> independence.
• But at the same time, there are some legal service providers who have skills and expertise to assist
• Sometimes counties identify a child and then discover they need immigration assistance.
• Sometimes counties identify a child and then discover they need immigration assistance.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

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• Both of those programs relate to high-speed rail, essentially rail transport, rapid transit.
• and rapid transit to alleviate the traffic congestion that those areas are facing.
• This includes $163.8 million for assistance under the Hometown Heroes program.
• And operational support to assist our judicial system partners.
• Is the Medicaid premium assistance program active?

Summary: The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1. The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7. HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.

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• modifies Department of Health Services standards regarding radiologic technologists and radiologic assistants
• obtain any other license to use a diagnostic x-ray machine and requires DHS to allow a radiologist assistant
• In Arizona, fluoroscopy and x-ray are delivered and used by physicians, as we know, physician assistants
• This would expand it where it's needed most, I think, in assisted living facilities, especially...
• assisted living facilities.

Bills: HB2050 , HB2082 , HB2176 , HB2195 , HB2202 , HB2307 , HB2584

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: radiologic technologist, radiologist assistant, radiology, imaging, x-ray, diagnostic x-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, CT technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, bone densitometry, radiation safety, radiation licensing, scope of practice, health workforce, rural health care, critical access hospital, supervision, telehealth

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• If this transition results in administrative efficiencies and allows for more resources to go directly
• Our mission is to assist the 50 local conservation districts in their work with private landowners to
• Here you can see that we assisted 2,980 landowners in their conservation efforts and delivered 13,489
• hours of commission staff time to assist districts with their projects and programs.
• seeking our assistance, thus surpassing the goal we set for that measure.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

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• This legislation allows physicians to utilize physician assistants.
• This legislation allows physicians to utilize physicians' assistance.
• Senator Collins, Ryan Bradley, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, is approaching.
• My name is Ryan Bradley, and I'm a practicing Army physician assistant here in Florida.
• Corrine Mixon, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants, waves in support.

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Summary: The Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of health care, Medicaid, and patient-access measures, along with confirmation votes. The committee first reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal obligations, deleting a section affecting nursing home facility records, and setting a January 1, 2026 effective date; the bill then passed favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after Harris testified about priorities including financial accountability, managed care oversight, transparency, and quality improvement. Senators asked about audit findings and Medicaid managed care performance, and several witnesses and committee members voiced support for her appointment. The committee then advanced a series of bills, most of them with amendments, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on death certification by physician assistants and APRNs, SB 1412 on home health administration flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies by physicians, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills received support from industry, advocacy, or provider groups and were reported favorably as committee substitutes. The most debated measure was SB 1270, a broad strike-all amendment combining provisions on mRNA vaccine documentation, vaccination-status protections in the Patient Bill of Rights, medical marijuana reporting and background-screening definitions, compact language, and volunteer immunity. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the vaccine-related provisions, including concerns about discrimination, patient safety, provider discretion, and medical liability. After additional technical amendments and a time-certain motion, the bill passed favorably as a committee substitute, with Senators Davis and Osgood voting no and Senator Harrell expressing a weak yes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.

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• It requires the wrecker service to contact local emergency management to assist properly and humanely
• Going to the Department of Labor... ...it does not have the technical assistance that we need.
• I want to describe a couple of other things here about the technical assistance.
• It funds, coordinates guidance, parent information centers, data systems, transition... ...coordinates
• guidance, parent information centers, data systems, transition guidance, and technical assistance centers

Bills: HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427

Summary: The House convened in quorum call and first took up several Joint Committee reports on appropriations and tax measures. HB 4028 extended the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments and passed 54-27. HB 4075 appropriated $26 million in interest funds to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for water and wastewater projects and passed 84-4, with the emergency clause also approved. HB 477 appropriated up to $10.58 million to the Department of Emergency Management for the Emergency Response and Relief Grant Program and passed 84-5, with the emergency clause approved. HB 476 appropriated up to $21.64 million to the Department of Commerce for rural economic impact grants tied to water and wastewater needs at rural industrial parks and ports; it passed 79-11 and its emergency clause also passed. HB 474 closed out ARPA funds for health care workforce training and passed 79-12, with emergency approval. The House then considered several Senate bills. SB 1221 would add tracking numbers for mailed Real ID cards and offer expedited delivery; members raised concerns about voting access and possible poll-tax issues, but the bill passed 82-9 and the emergency clause passed. SB 1921, an OSBI request bill, raised fees for criminal history/background checks and passed 84-8. SB 2118 expanded the use of sheriff commissary funds for sheriff duties and jail operations and passed 87-4. SB 1932 allowed motor carriers to represent themselves in Corporation Commission administrative hearings without an attorney and passed 92-1. SB 2134 required wreckers responding to livestock transport accidents to contact local emergency management for humane handling of livestock and passed 71-20. A lengthy floor debate centered on HCR 1025, which supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. Supporters argued education is a state responsibility and that federal bureaucracy and mandates add red tape; opponents warned that federal oversight is essential for special education, Title IX, IDEA, and civil rights enforcement. After extended debate, the resolution passed 72-17. The House also passed SB 1432, which removes pilot and sunset language from a successful alternative teacher certification program in Tulsa, making it a permanent pathway; supporters said it has helped career changers enter teaching and could be replicated statewide. It passed 85-3, and the emergency clause passed. The session ended with announcements, including recognition of a special-needs advocate, a rural caucus notice, and adjournment until April 22, 2026.

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• It increases funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance caseworker line item from $41.5 million
• It increases funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance caseworker line item from $41.5 million
• the infrastructure and distribution network needed to provide products to students who still need assistance
• Tobin, Assistant Clerk, Norfolk Juvenile Court, retired; Kelly Ann Tobin Greenwood and her husband, Donald
• pharmaceutical tech program for local high school students to come and learn how to become a tech assistant

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• The Department of Agriculture would administer a grant program for providing financial assistance for
• And a couple of states have transition programs.
• And a couple of states have transition programs.
• But they do some of that, and then there are some federal administrative-type groups that also assist
• I'm not saying we shouldn't pay overtime, but we have to figure out how to assist those growers to be

Bills: HB2721 , HB2616

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: commercial interior designer, interior design licensure, registered interior designer, NCIDQ, Washington State Board for Architects, professional regulation, title protection, firm registration, seal and signature, continuing education, building code, nonstructural interior design, space planning, interior architecture, design profession, public safety, occupational licensing, architects, engineering scope, permit review

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• Staff also used AI to assist with data sets, helping right formulas organize data and identifying trends
• I powerful assistance help Floridians navigate licensing requirements, programs and benefits benefit
• information through Web invoice, channels, provide multilingual, support, self-service assistance and
• Data at rest is is is there it's encrypted at rest and in transit.
• Davis gets offer assistance over, Justin, get every single day with layers on every single governance

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• looking at the status of abandoned or uncapped, uh, gas wells, also some work with, uh, on energy transition
• and Uh, with wherever it goes, but right now, uh, mostly it's the Navajo Nation that needs to also assist
• funding is not getting where it needs to be or who, whoever intended or came to us and asked for assistance
• That can kind of capture how best we can assist our communities when they're making these requests and
• Madam Chair, on that point, uh, the, uh, press, the staff that was here on behalf of PED is the assistant

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• And I would like to invite Commissioner Quinn and your assistant to the table. Good morning.
• Um, Assistant Commissioner plate room.
• So, it's the matching funds for the transit vehicles and the FAA projects.
• So, it's the matching funds for the transit vehicles and the FAA projects.
• So, it's the matching funds for the transit vehicles and the FAA projects.

Committee: Senate Capital Budget

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• have items that are on concurrence that are ready to move, please find the Majority Leader or the Assistant
• I present SB 1375, which creates a narrow and targeted CEQA exemption for situations where major transit
• One of those qualifying projects is Diridon Station in San Jose, which has more transit system connections
• It is important to support public transit as it is under attack across the country.
• During the pandemic, he fought to get financial assistance into the hands of families that were struggling

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then handled a large procedural and floor agenda. Members suspended rules for adjournments in memory, guest introductions, and expedited committee action, rereferred AB 1199 to Health and AB 2728 to Local Government, and removed several items from calendars or returned bills to the Senate at authors’ requests. The chamber then moved through concurrence and third-reading files, with many measures passing on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including AB 230 on Pierce’s disease control, AB 1636 on a Cerritos College seamless enrollment pilot, AB 1982 on alcoholic beverages, AB 2120 on school district employees, AB 2413 on political reform and billboard use, AB 2437 and AB 2453 on vehicles, AB 2596 on housing, AB 1760 and AB 1873 on technical clarifications, AB 2312 on tidelands, AB 2390 on housing cleanup, AB 2685 and AB 2778 on agriculture, and ACR 194 on Women’s Equality Day. The Assembly also adopted several resolutions and Senate measures. HR 112 designating Black Music Month drew extensive remarks about Black artists’ influence and was adopted with 62 coauthors. HR 132 declaring September Young Women’s Reproductive Health Awareness Month was adopted with 50 coauthors. SJR 8 urging federal immigration reform passed 45-2, with supporters emphasizing immigrant contributions and the need to modernize the registry system. SCR 7 on permanent standard time was debated at length, with supporters citing health benefits and opponents warning about darker mornings and voter intent; the resolution ultimately passed 41-3 after a roll call. Other Senate bills passed included SB 105 on penny rounding for local agencies, SB 928 on AI guardrails in CSU classrooms, SB 1038 on CalPERS audit notices, SB 308 on community college reporting, SB 1172 on tax-sharing consultant fees, SB 1159 on AI-generated public participation, SB 1055 on flood project procurement, SB 1285 on juvenile dismissals, SB 1274 on industrial cities and transportation funding, SB 965 easing library card access for 16- and 17-year-olds, SB 1375 creating a narrow CEQA exemption for certain transit projects, SB 952 on clean energy accounting for water agencies, and SB 917 expanding farmers market wine sales eligibility. Several measures drew notable opposition or discussion. On SB 965, one member objected that the bill should preserve parental decision-making, while supporters argued it would remove an unnecessary barrier to library access. On SB 952, one member criticized state energy policy and the bill’s project labor agreement, but the measure still passed 64-1. On SB 1375, supporters framed the bill as reducing duplicative environmental review for major transit projects like Diridon Station while preserving other protections. The chamber also added coauthors to consent-calendar resolutions and adopted the second-day consent calendar items without objection. The meeting concluded with multiple adjournments in memory, including tributes to Eric L. Washington Jr., Ivan Garza, Darryl Preston Jackson, Richard “Dick” Oliphant, and former Madera Mayor Santos Garcia. Members described Washington as a community leader and peacemaker, Garza as a young athlete whose life was cut short, Jackson as a mentor and founder of the 1020 Club, Oliphant as a civic leader who helped shape the Coachella Valley, and Garcia as a labor advocate and public servant who fought for working families and helped reopen Madera Community Hospital. The Assembly observed moments of silence in their honor before adjourning.

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• to at least five community access assets important to economic mobility, including access to jobs, transit
• The QAPs have a number of criteria, but they include access to jobs, transit, healthcare facilities,
• It has access to great schools, transit, and health care; exactly the kind of place where you would want
• This work was primarily completed through the Federal Rental Assistance.
• We help assist and enforce the deed restrictions.

Bills: HB22 , SB250 , SB375 , SB536 , SB845 , SB1633 , SB1944 , SB1957 , SB2081 , SB2137 , SB2262 , SB2299 , SB2419 , SB2452 , SB2522 , SB2549 , SB2594 , SB2605 , SB2631 , SB2639 , SB2675 , SB3029 , SJR60 , HB22 , HB1392 , HB2525

Committee: Senate Local Government

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• Are we, um, looking at transition?
• </c><00:13:08.480><c> Are</c><00:13:08.720><c> we</c> we um looking at transition?
• Are we we um looking at transition?
• You know, keeping the connectivity and just this smooth transition.
• </c> had some difficulty in our transition had some difficulty in our transition with<01:44:26.080><c

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• , direct assistance to families with TANF funding.
• ,</c> essentially child care assistance, essentially child care assistance, direct<01:16:18.080><c> assistance
• Those are the three pieces of economic assistance.
• Uh, those are the three pieces of economic assistance.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

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• We're also key partners in food assistance programs like SNAP and WIC.
• It's a suggestion of what could go out in terms of assistance. I don't think it's clear yet.
• Avista has robust low-income assistance programs.
• Salmon protections, including spilling water over dams to assist migrating fish, are essential.
• Saman protections including spilling water over dams to assist migrating fish are essential.

Bills: HB2521 , HB2249 , HB1796

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: firearms, background check, gun control, public safety, legislation, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service, exempt employees, state employment, state personnel, network security, cybersecurity, information technology, IT contracting, data center, systems integration, network engineering

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• WE HAD A LIST OF DOT APPROVED PROVIDERS THROUGH FUNDING BY THE LEGISLATURE WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST DISTRICTS
• I NOTICED ON THE SIDE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DOLLARS FOR THE ASSISTANCE ALLOCATION AND BEING AT 39 MILLION
• THIS GOES TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO HOW THEY OFFER ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE
• IN MOST CASES THE MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATORS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE COMPLETING THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE
• BUT MY QUESTION IS AS A YOUNG PERSON TRANSITIONS FROM AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE TAUGHT THEM FOLLOW

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• importance in light of the terrible aviation crashes of recent days, I believe I can effectively assist
• I also expect to assist in advancing smart regulatory reforms that promote safety and affordability.
• And the Secretary's office, I was assisting the Secretary. We were very closely monitoring.
• As we're investing in this, a big reason why we're doing so is to be able to make transit, especially
• Transit as well. A lot of questions about funding for Amtrak.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Keywords: transportation, air traffic control, safety regulations, Boeing 737 MAX, Department of Transportation, infrastructure funding, public safety, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed several pressing issues concerning transportation, particularly focusing on the need for improved safety standards and efficient management at the Department of Transportation. Specific discussions revolved around air traffic control, with members highlighting the urgency for a significant upgrade in systems and personnel. Notably, concerns were raised regarding past practices, especially the handling of safety regulations during the Boeing 737 MAX incidents. The committee expressed a clear intent to ensure rigorous safety oversight moving forward, emphasizing that the health and safety of the public must remain the top priority in all legislative and funding decisions.