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• The system is open.
• The system is closed.
• The system is closed.
• The system is closed.
• The system is closed.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• They may simply choose to go to a different school site or withdraw from the school system altogether
• We have fewer TK through 12 students coming into our systems.
• But our systems do have to do a better job of working together.
• I know these systems and they're in these lanes that we all get stuck in.
• Together, these improvements strengthen the system, promote fairness, and ensure that all individuals

Summary: The committee heard SB 998, which would define and expand the roles of discrimination prevention coordinators in the Office of Civil Rights, including a new disability-focused coordinator and a deputy coordinator on anti-AAPI discrimination. The authors and supporters, including representatives from LGBTQ, Black, Latino, and AAPI caucuses, argued the bill would help schools proactively address discrimination, improve student safety and belonging, and support learning. Opposition from the California Faculty Association and SEIU California focused on the appointment structure and preference for regular civil service hiring, while some members questioned whether the bill duplicated existing anti-discrimination law and whether it would add government bloat. The committee ultimately voted SB 998 out on a due pass basis to the Senate Judiciary Committee and placed it on call. SB 1082 was then presented as a measure to streamline inter-district transfer appeals by requiring more timely district action, allowing concurrent review, and clarifying that a district’s failure to respond is not treated as a denial. The sponsor, the Association of California County Boards of Education, and supporters from Families in Action for Quality Education said the bill would reduce delays, improve fairness, and help families make timely educational decisions without changing districts’ authority to approve or deny transfers. The California School Boards Association had previously been opposed unless amended and said it would re-evaluate after the committee changes. The committee supported the measure, and SB 1082 was voted out as amended to the Senate Appropriations Committee and placed on call. The committee also took up SB 960, which would revise the rules for community college baccalaureate degrees by tying authorization to local access gaps and impacted CSU programs rather than a blanket statewide prohibition. Supporters, including the Campaign for College Opportunity and several community college and education groups, argued the bill would expand access for place-bound and adult learners and better align programs with workforce needs. CSU representatives and the California Faculty Association opposed the bill, warning it could duplicate CSU offerings, worsen enrollment and funding pressures, and affect faculty jobs. Members debated the Master Plan for Higher Education, impaction, and whether the state should instead fully fund CSU capacity; the committee nevertheless recommended SB 960 for passage as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. Finally, SB 965 was heard, a bill to make it easier for 16- and 17-year-olds to obtain public library cards without a parent or guardian physically present. The author and supporters said the bill would remove an unnecessary barrier to educational resources while preserving local library control over checkout policies and liability rules. The California Library Association expressed support for the goal but said details matter and urged language that preserves local discretion while encouraging reduced in-person requirements where feasible. The transcript ended during that testimony, before any committee vote on SB 965.

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• We have fewer TK through 12 students coming into our systems.
• Then the community college system itself comes back.
• Professional and applied doctorates that do not duplicate what's in the UC system.
• But our systems do have to do a better job of working together.
• I know these systems and they're in these lanes that we all get stuck in.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• House Bill 2353 modernizes that system.
• House Bill 2353 modernizes that system.
• Do you deny that two-tier system would exist? I wouldn't call it a two-tier system.
• I wouldn't call it a two-tiered system.
• The children I interviewed described systems.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The committee continued a public hearing on House Bill 2897, which would expand optometrists’ scope of practice. Supporters, including Dr. Kelly Deering, said optometrists are trained to perform the listed office-based procedures, that rural Missouri lacks access to ophthalmologists, and that the bill would reduce wait times, travel burdens, and costs while helping retain students and practitioners in the state. Opponents, including representatives of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, argued the bill does not guarantee rural access and said the procedures should remain within the medical/surgical training of physicians. Members also questioned training on live human eyes and how suspicious lesions would be handled. No vote was taken, and the hearing on HB 2897 was closed. The committee then heard House Bill 2353, which would create a licensing and sign-and-seal framework for interior designers and move oversight to the board that includes architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. Sponsor Rep. Sherri Gallick and supporters said the bill modernizes regulation, recognizes accredited education and NCIDQ testing, and would let licensed interior designers take responsibility for non-structural interior design work without hiring an architect to stamp plans. Opponents from the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and others said they were still negotiating but remained concerned about scope-of-practice language, especially phrases like “all interior design of buildings” and “publicly occupied buildings,” which they said could create overlap with architecture and engineering or unintended obligations for public entities. Testimony also focused on whether unlicensed interior designers would still be allowed to work under carve-outs. No final action was taken. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2241, which would create a separate framework for certain faith-based residential child care facilities to operate without a state license while registering with the state and meeting background-check, reporting, and oversight requirements. Sponsor Rep. Jamie Gregg and MACA representatives said the bill is intended to expand foster placement capacity for children in need while preserving the religious mission of Christian homes, and they cited federal and state initiatives encouraging partnerships with faith-based providers. Opponents argued the bill would create a two-tier system, weaken state licensing protections, and risk placing vulnerable children in facilities without the same direct oversight, inspections, and reunification safeguards as licensed foster homes. Members raised concerns about abuse history at some faith-based homes, the role of the proposed board, and whether religious practices or other mission-based rules would conflict with child welfare standards. The hearing continued with additional testimony; no vote was reported.

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• Epinephrine delivery systems have advanced now. the epinephrine delivery systems have advanced now so
• Delivery system.
• Delivery system.
• Delivery systems.
• We're not trying to game the system.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bills 2365, 2490, and 2249, a bipartisan version of Elijah’s Law, which would require child care facilities to receive training and guidance on recognizing and responding to food allergies and anaphylaxis. Sponsors described the bill as a response to the death of Elijah, whose daycare did not administer epinephrine quickly enough after a food exposure. Witnesses in support, including a parent and food allergy advocate, said the measure would improve preparedness and save lives. Committee members asked about whether the bill should use broader epinephrine terminology, whether the requirements could also be handled through child care licensing rules, and whether the bill was already included in a larger measure. No opposition was presented, and the hearing on those bills was closed. The committee then heard House Bill 1965, which would require insurers to reimburse athletic trainers for covered services and add athletic trainers to the practitioner definition for billing purposes. The sponsor and athletic training witnesses said the bill would recognize athletic trainers as licensed health care providers, improve access in rural and underserved areas, and allow reimbursement when trainers work in clinics, hospitals, or other non-school settings. Committee members raised repeated questions about the difference between athletic trainers and physical therapists, whether school-based services were already paid through contracts, whether the bill would increase costs or create double payment, and how diagnosis and billing would work under the current scope of practice. Opponents from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and the Missouri Insurance Coalition argued the bill would create a mandate, increase costs, and expand billing before clarifying the underlying scope of practice. No vote was taken in public hearing. The committee then moved into executive session and voted several bills do pass. A substitute was adopted for House Bill 1826 and the committee substitute for House Bills 1826, 2560, 2349, and 2194 passed 17-0. House Bill 1783 also passed 17-0. House Bill 2372, which incorporated multiple related provisions including changes to epinephrine terminology and other committee items, passed 17-1 after a substitute and amendment were adopted. House Bill 1827, the occupational therapy bill related to disabled placards and license plates, passed 18-0. The committee then returned to public hearing and heard House Bills 1941 and 2279, which would prohibit copay accumulator programs for fully insured plans so that third-party assistance counts toward a patient’s deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. Sponsors and a rheumatologist testified that the bills would prevent patients with serious illnesses from being forced to pay the same deductible twice and said similar laws have been enacted in many other states. Opponents from America’s Health Insurance Plans argued the measure would affect only a minority of plans, raise costs in the individual and small-group market, and could worsen affordability for remaining enrollees. The hearing ended without a vote on those bills.

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• But now, we have a little bit different value system.
• Chair, Representative, we are using the eligibility criteria from our systems, NOVA systems, using the
• Systems.
• Outlay system.
• What we've got to figure out is how the system works.

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• We have access to a portal system.
• system, the university system, and judicial retirement that are audited by other firms.
• c><01:09:24.719><c> university</c><01:09:25.279><c> system</c> college system, that university system
• new system to the state's accounting system in the last quarter.
• </c> system to the state's accounting system system to the state's accounting system in<01:20:17.920>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the March 21 minutes and then took up a consent calendar, withdrawing several items before adopting the remainder. It also moved item FIS 25103 to the table by a 6-4 vote after Senator Gray argued the Executive Council had not yet acted on a prior $5 million approval and that the committee should avoid adding to the rainy day fund draw. The committee then approved item 25106 for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources/State Library after hearing that the department expected about a $400,000 lapse to return to the state. A major discussion centered on New Hampshire Police Standards and Training (item 2577). Senator Gray questioned whether a proposed equipment purchase could be delayed to the next biennium in light of the state’s deficit and rainy day fund use. The agency said the equipment was needed now for scenario training, vendors had already been identified, and delaying would likely increase costs and force continued reliance on unpaid volunteer help. The committee ultimately approved the item. The committee also approved Department of Energy item 2587 after hearing that federal weatherization funds are drawn down on a reimbursement basis, and item 2588 after similar testimony that weatherization work must be completed and inspected before reimbursement, limiting how quickly funds can be expended. Item 250094 had been withdrawn. Later, the committee discussed Senator Carson’s request for an LBA review of the YDC claims settlement fund, with members expressing concern about administrative costs, attorney fees, settlement-loan payoffs, and the need for more detailed reporting. The committee voted to direct LBA to conduct the audit described in Senator Carson’s memo, with the additional request that the review include the term over which attorney fees are paid. The meeting then moved on to an HHS staff item, where members began questioning the timing of dashboard data and reporting delays.

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• </c> vice chair Lori toiki from the system vice chair Lori toiki from the system office<00:10:44.600>
• </c> non-credit population in the system non-credit population in the system capani<00:19:45.640><c>
• </c> campuses in the community college system campuses in the community college system serving<00:20:
• The university system, we don't have athletics at system, so it gets dispersed to the campuses that do
• </c> priorities based on um the the system priorities based on um the the system that<02:17:26.920><c

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• </c><00:05:24.720><c> and</c> clients in legal systems and clients in legal systems and administrative
• </c> and really trying to improve the system and really trying to improve the system and<00:19:17.960
• </c> but they're an interconnected system. but they're an interconnected system.
• </c> but the system failed. but the system failed.
• The system failed. And in this case, it's our job to bring the system back into checks.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's called SBS, state-based systems, and in that system we can collect all the data and complaints.
• </c> we can zigg or zag through the system. we can zigg or zag through the system.
• Uh, the SPS data system, 39 states out of the 50 use that system, and that system would be sufficient
• You've got five hospital systems.
• No recorded Systems created in 03.

Keywords: Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

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• DCT is the only Behavior System DCT is the only Behavior Healthcare<00:03:00.599><c> System</c><00:03
• </c><00:04:08.879><c> each</c> state's larger Health Care Systems each state's larger Health Care Systems
• into the system.
• into the system.
• </c><00:52:16.480><c> because</c> this political pressure system because this political pressure system

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• "There are about 319 levee systems in the state of Washington.
• The gravels in those systems were scoured out.
• that were levied up, the gravels in those systems were scoured out.
• One of our prized salmon, the King Sam, in those systems were scoured out.
• It's still a pull-type system.

Keywords: 904, all

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• or at your computer, please speak loud enough into the microphone so that you're picked up by the system
• And this would go across many generative AI systems.
• And this would go across many generative AI systems. Technical approaches are still developing.
• Today, those systems commonly require users to submit government-issued ID, biometric data, Systems commonly
• Kids who are innocent, trusting, and eager to explore—these systems don't protect them.

Bills: HB1170, HB1570, HB1834

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, AI-generated content, deepfake, synthetic media, content provenance, provenance data, metadata, watermarking, disclosure, transparency, consumer protection, unfair or deceptive acts, unfair competition, Washington RCW, Title 19 RCW, platform regulation, AI detection tool, media authenticity

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• >>Chair Anderson: HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS WILL COME TO ORDER.
• SORT OF MECHANISM THAT WE CAN ADJUST MIDCOURSE BEFORE WE GET HERE OR SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
• WE ARE A FREE MARKET SYSTEM. WE ARE MARKET-BASED AND THAT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES.
• IF WE IMPORT CITRATE SYSTEM HERE AND THROUGH A STATE-BASED PRICE CONTROL SYSTEM WE WOULD HAVE SIMILAR
• THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG SYSTEM OPERATES SORT OF LIKE THE MAFIA.

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• </c> children in Kucky's foster care system. children in Kucky's foster care system.
• These bags are meant foster care system.
• They are not somehow linking or recording from the scan to our computer system.
• So you will scan to our computer system.
• The paper document has computer system.

Keywords: 958, all

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• So to the discussion about specific, say, fire suppression systems, so forth, we need to receive those
• So to the discussion about specific, say, fire suppression systems, so forth, we need to receive those
• I'll give examples such as Japan and Sweden, of materials, components, assemblies, and systems, and I
• We're trying to get a system of materials, components, assemblies, and systems pre-certified so that
• You have to go all the way to the national level to have a system established, the seismic system, certified

Keywords: 904, all

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• Some specific examples that I'd like to share with you from Norman Regional Health System.
• Integris Health and present some of their specific system data.
• And this is also another theme that has been echoed amongst the health systems as well.
• So if we're able to conduct a match between these two data systems, it would allow...
• The health systems in Oklahoma City found them in the 2024 community health needs assessments.

Summary: The meeting focused on hospital “avoidable days” and the difficulty of discharging medically stable patients who still need post-acute placement or social services. Presenters from Saint Anthony Hospital Midtown, the Oklahoma Hospital Association, City Care, and OU Health described common barriers including lack of skilled nursing, rehab, long-term care, behavioral health, and hospice placements; insurance prior authorization delays; Medicaid and Social Security eligibility delays; guardianship and Adult Protective Services bottlenecks; limited home health and private duty nursing; and the challenge of placing unhoused, uninsured, or medically complex patients. Several speakers emphasized that these delays reduce bed availability, increase emergency department boarding, contribute to staff burnout, and expose patients to hospital-acquired conditions and other harms. The testimony included multiple examples of patients remaining in acute care for days, weeks, or even months after being medically ready for discharge, including patients awaiting guardianship, disability determinations, or placement in facilities willing to accept them. Speakers also highlighted special populations such as patients with behavioral health or substance use disorders, medically fragile children, patients with criminal histories, and unhoused individuals who need respite or hospice care. City Care described its planned 40-bed medical respite facility, set to open in 2027, as a way to provide clinical support and housing navigation for patients too sick to recover on the street or in shelters. Witnesses recommended policy and system changes such as standardizing preauthorization protocols, expanding rural swing-bed and home-based services, increasing public guardianship resources, improving data collection on homelessness, expanding private duty nursing hours, and creating more placement options for complex patients. They also suggested better coordination between hospitals, DHS, APS, the Health Department, and post-acute facilities, including a database of facility services to improve discharge planning and keep patients closer to home. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the transcript, but the chair indicated the issue would require collaboration across multiple agencies and partners.

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• Finding chemicals present in menstrual products that are known to be toxic to multiple organ systems,
• And it depends on the size of your system.
• , purchase, and maintain a water system is less than one year.
• Permit and construct new treatment systems to comply is best case between four to six years.
• SB 466 protects public water systems from civil lawsuits so long as the water system is implementing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• or enough water flow for the system to function properly.
• or enough water flow for the system to function properly.
• The system is if the system is not brought into compliance it faces substantial financial penalties which
• implement a long-term solutions for residents by the system.
• At a duly held town meeting, Cara voted to design by the system.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a lengthy hybrid hearing of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, with testimony spanning local board training, animal welfare and enforcement, municipal charters, water district dissolution, and other home rule matters. Chairs Rausch and Lewis set strict time limits because of the large number of speakers and explained that written testimony would also be accepted. Members heard from local officials, advocates, municipal employees, and residents, with many bills receiving broad support from municipal and advocacy witnesses. Several speakers supported bills requiring or expanding training for local boards and commissions, including pre-service training for planning, zoning, and other land use boards. Supporters said training would help volunteers understand complex laws, improve consistency, reduce legal challenges, and speed up housing and development decisions. Related testimony also backed a bill to modernize historic district commissions and another to allow associate planning board members to serve more broadly when needed to maintain quorums. A major portion of the hearing focused on animal legislation. Witnesses supported bills to expand citations for cruel conditions beyond dogs, update dangerous dog procedures, improve animal health inspections and breeder oversight, strengthen tethering rules, and protect pet consumers. Animal control officers, humane organizations, and some victims of dog attacks described enforcement gaps and the need for clearer standards, while several dog trainers and the American Kennel Club opposed parts of the dangerous dog bill and tethering restrictions, arguing they would limit humane training tools and professional discretion. The committee also heard strong support for a bill to create a statewide pet shop and consumer protection framework. The committee also heard testimony on several local home rule petitions. Medford officials and residents strongly supported a new city charter that would replace the current at-large council with ward-based representation and periodic charter review. Wayland representatives supported a bill to preserve the library’s Millennium Fund as intended, Cambridge officials backed creation of an employment and job training trust, and Carver officials supported dissolving the North Carver Water District due to compliance and financial problems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly invited written testimony and follow-up materials.

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• , from the various either two-year or four-year or the system.
• I've shared that with the president of the system.
• We have submitted three proposals to the president of the system, and the president of the system will
• Then we're to the U of A system.
• that have relatives in the system?

Keywords: 1204, all