Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:27:16.559><c> and</c> forward they have the educational and forward they have the educational
• You know, the bill made it into nurses.
• </c> an act relating to education finance. an act relating to education finance.
• Speaker. the other body with the House Education the other body with the House Education Finance<01:46
• And yes, special education cuts.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> include physician associates and nurse include physician associates and nurse practitioners<01:40
• </c> physician associates and nurse physician associates and nurse practitioners.<02:07:52.719><c> So
• Meg Thompson, who is a nurse practitioner, obviously the lead nurse practitioner at the New Hampshire
• </c> initial intervention by the nurse initial intervention by the nurse because<02:19:11.519><c> this
• 02:47:33.680><c> you</c><02:47:33.840><c> exactly</c> education, I could tell you exactly education,

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the green card present not wishing to speak from Maxine Cormier with the Louisiana Association of Nurse
• And members, SB 275 provides that when a certified registered nurse anesthetist... nurse anesthetist.
• And today with me is Colby LaFleur, who is a CRNA and board member of the Louisiana Association of Nurse
• , or Nurse Anesthetist.
• LaFleur with the Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Jason Harrison with L.O.A.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have HEB here, Higher Education Department.
• Patricia Petruchio, who oversees the Indian Education Division at the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• but also in tribal communities and local education agencies. education agencies.
• Department of Education. Department of Education.
• Department of Education, except that this is their way of trying to make education more equitable across

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Mitch Steiger, with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in support.
• Mitch Steiger, with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in support.
• Shaby Hina, on behalf of the California Nurses Association, in support.
• Hannah, with the California Nurses Association, in support.
• Hannah with the California Nurses Association, in support.

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, AI in the workplace, bereavement leave, and construction labor standards. SB 909 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would increase public works contractor registration fees, raise prevailing wage and related penalties, and direct half of collected penalties back into the Public Works Enforcement Fund. Supporters said the bill would help combat wage theft and misclassification and strengthen enforcement; opponents argued the higher fees and penalties would burden contractors without fixing enforcement backlogs. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations. The committee also approved SB 951 by Senator Reyes, which would require 60-day notice when 25 or more workers are displaced by technology and require reporting on AI-related job impacts. Supporters framed it as a response to rapid AI-driven layoffs and a way to gather real-time data; opponents raised concerns about small employers, proprietary information, and litigation. SB 947 by Senator McNerney, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and restrict predictive behavior analysis. Supporters said it would prevent biased or mistaken automated decisions; opponents objected to the inclusion of independent contractors, private rights of action, and other provisions. Both bills were advanced to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also passed SB 1149 by Senator Durazo, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person,” including chosen family relationships. Supporters, including AARP and a witness who described losing a long-term partner, said the bill reflects modern family structures; there was no opposition. In addition, SB 1185 by Senator Cortese, applying skilled and trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, was approved despite opposition from business and construction groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and that the mandate could raise costs and reduce competition. Several other bills on the consent calendar were also approved, and all measures were reported out of committee.

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• Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in Good afternoon.
• Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in support.
• Shaby Hina on behalf of the California Nurses Association in support.
• Hannah, with the California Nurses Association in support. Seeing no other witnesses in support.
• Hannah with the California Nurses Association in support.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Nurses wrote that he was inconsolable and in acute pain.
• As a lifelong public servant with years of experience in law enforcement and nursing, someone who has
• Chair, committee, I'm a nurse of 48 years, and for the last 10 years, I worked in emergency trauma.
• It requires all health care practitioners and facilities, excluding nursing homes, to provide records
• They are capable, they are educated, and they are motivated.

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee considered eight bills and reported all of them favorably, several as amended. HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel was presented as a response to staffing shortages in Florida labs; the sponsor and Quest Diagnostics supported aligning state licensure with CLIA standards to improve hiring and turnaround times. The bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 47, dealing with specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations, drew extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates who said children had been wrongly removed after misdiagnoses; the bill was amended to tighten timelines and record-sharing requirements, then passed 26-0. CS/HB 287 created a public records exemption for applicants, owners, operators, and references of family foster homes and passed unanimously. The committee also approved CS/HB 439, allowing chiropractors to inject vitamins and nutrients under training and safety limits, after an amendment clarified they may not prescribe prescription drugs; it passed 26-0. CS/HB 1021 would allow pharmacists to administer medications in trauma centers under physician direction, and an amendment added pediatric trauma centers; it passed 26-0. HB 867 would let occupational therapists perform dry needling after specified training and supervision, and it passed 25-0. HB 1309, which shortens deadlines for patients to access their medical records and aligns nursing home access rules with federal law, drew opposition from health information management groups over privacy and portal/data-security concerns, but supporters argued it simply speeds access to records; it passed 21-5. CS/HB 915 codifies and expands Medicaid eligibility protections for working people with disabilities so they can keep coverage while employed, with strong support from disability advocates and emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s benefits concerns; it passed 26-0. After these votes, the committee adjourned.

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• </c> our educational our educational institutions<00:53:17.720><c> um</c><00:53:18.720><c> so</c><00:
• </c><01:17:43.480><c> and</c> certainly not just about education and certainly not just about education
• </c> solution this on the educational solution this on the educational component<01:17:54.159><c> um<
• </c> been summarized through education been summarized through education accessible<01:20:18.960><c>
• </c><01:43:52.239><c> bill</c> just do so in the education bill just do so in the education bill um<01

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And that is something that I'd like to educate myself on.” “...specifically.
• but I am nothing without my nurse.
• I graduated from the School of Nursing and Health Studies. Yes, roll up.
• So I've been a nurse for five years.
• It's just Nurse Hummer. Just nurse. Nurse. Yeah. Thank you, Chief Dahl.

Committee: House Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Summary: The task force meeting opened with a brief organizational update, including new leadership, roll call, and an explanation of the task force’s statutory duties: to study current and future drug and substance use in Missouri, explore solutions, draft or modify legislation, and report recommendations on prevention and treatment. The chair outlined the summer hearing plan, which would feature field experts, with future sessions expected to cover alternative therapies such as psilocybin and ibogaine and testimony from the Department of Mental Health. Members were encouraged to think about legislative ideas and policy recommendations for the upcoming session. The first major testimony came from Dr. Rachel Winograd, who described Missouri’s overdose crisis as evolving into a “fourth wave” marked by fentanyl mixed with animal tranquilizers such as xylazine and medetomidine, along with methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs. She said overdose deaths have declined for a third straight year, with preliminary 2025 data around 1,200 deaths, but emphasized that the crisis remains severe. Her main recommendations were to focus on demand reduction rather than repeated supply crackdowns, expand evidence-based treatment—especially methadone and buprenorphine—broaden naloxone access, and improve practical supports like housing, transportation, and case management. She also said peer services are valuable but should not be used as a substitute for clinical care, and noted that Missouri Medicaid generally covers evidence-based treatment but reimbursement for peer recovery services remains a gap. Dr. Heidi Miller, the state medical director at the Department of Health and Senior Services, reinforced the call for integrating substance use disorder care into whole-person health care. She highlighted the state naloxone standing order, which supports more than 11,000 Medicaid naloxone prescriptions annually, and urged five best practices: integrating SUD treatment into primary care, maternal health, general medical training, EMS initiation of buprenorphine after overdose, and expanded methadone access. She also argued for team-based reimbursement, stronger parity enforcement between behavioral health/SUD and physical health, and caution in regulating emerging substances so policy does not outrun the science. Dr. Doug Burgess of University Health in Kansas City echoed the integration theme, arguing that Missouri’s system is too fragmented and that patients are often stabilized and then left to coordinate their own next steps. He compared ideal SUD care to the coordinated response used for heart attacks, with seamless transitions from emergency care to inpatient treatment, rehab, and outpatient follow-up. He said treatment courts can be effective when they are well coordinated and informed by addiction science, and he stressed the importance of discharge planning, peer recovery coaches, information-sharing, and maintaining Medicaid coverage during justice involvement. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, a teacher teaching uh health or sex education to young people to a whole class and then after the
• to young people to a whole education to young people to a whole class<00:03:39.360><c> and</c><00:03
• , but it does not provide any coverage for nurses and medical staff.
• </c><00:25:25.039><c> medical</c> protects nurses and other medical protects nurses and other medical
• for nurses and medical staff. staff. staff.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and taking it it's animal use there is no difference according to my primary care provider who is a nurse
• This bill is cleanup language from the nurse Practitioner and PA bills that we passed last session.
• So currently, in the nurse practitioners and PAs, their ability to prescribe was in more than one title
• I can't answer that, but we already expanded the scope for nurse practitioners and PAs last legislative
• Nurse practitioners and PAs are not midlevels.

Bills: HB3552 , HB2984 , HB4124 , HB3934 , HB3448 , HB3131 , HB4200 , HB4201 , HB3011 , HB1912 , HB3380 , HB3881 , HB3538 , HB3851 , HB3907 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4457

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Keywords: childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• The JAG program empowers our nation's young people with the skills and support to succeed in education
• There are nursing students here standing between the Knowledge, Liberty, Equality, and Law pillars.
• There are nursing students here standing between the knowledge, liberty, equality, and law pillars.
• These are nursing students from St.
• The lottery, also gambling, was implemented and was going to fund education, supposedly.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal by a 134-0 roll call vote, and then moved through a series of introductions recognizing guests and student groups at the Capitol, including Turning Point USA chapters, CASA volunteers and staff, JAG students, university groups, nursing students, and several legislative interns. The chamber also handled a point of order about an unauthorized prop in the room, which was removed. The first major bill taken up was House Bill 1766, dealing with personal property tax treatment and new construction calculations. Supporters argued it would treat personal property more like real estate under Hancock-style limits and provide fairness to taxpayers, while opponents warned it could reduce revenue for taxing districts. After debate, the House passed HB 1766 by a vote of 94-50. The House then considered House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2989, a major gaming measure that would criminalize illegal gaming machines, create a regulated framework for video lottery terminals, give local governments an opt-out, and expand enforcement authority for the Attorney General and prosecutors. Members debated whether the bill was a needed enforcement tool or an inappropriate expansion of gambling, with concerns raised about addiction, local control, revenue distribution, and whether the bill should have gone to Fiscal Review. A motion to refer the bill to Fiscal Review failed 69-44, and the bill itself passed 83-66 with one present. The chamber next took up House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2014, the supplemental appropriations bill. The sponsor said it provided just over $3 billion in additional authority, including tax refund authority, disaster relief, St. Louis tornado recovery funding, and major MoDOT funding, along with other smaller items. Members from both parties supported the bill, while also noting concerns about reliance on supplementals and the need to budget more accurately in the future. The House adopted an amendment reducing some general revenue authority, then adopted the bill and perfected and printed it. The meeting ended with announcements, including a notice that the Super Committee on Tourism would meet immediately in Hearing Room 6.

Transcript Highlights:

• She's also pursued additional education at the University of Puget Sound and Washington State University
• Suzanne has served in leadership roles with the Cowlitz Tribe as the Education Committee Vice Chair,
• Suzanne has served in leadership roles with the Cowlitz Tribe as the Education Committee Vice Chair,
• Currently, he is involved with the Homestead Land Trust, the Washington Education Association, and Alpha
• And I think that too often many of us are educated beyond our intelligence from the Internet.

Bills: SB5223 , SB5286 , SB6002 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5874 , SB5863 , SB5972 , SB5941 , SB5203 , SB6014 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB5825

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, policing costs, state hospitals, local funding, budget allocation, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate recognition, LPR, surveillance, driver privacy, vehicle tracking, location data, law enforcement technology, data retention, audit trail

Summary: The Senate convened with opening ceremonies, approved the previous day’s journal, and referred committee reports and new bill introductions to the designated committees, including sending SB 6118 and SB 6292 to Ways and Means. The chamber then confirmed several gubernatorial appointments to college boards: Glenn F. Ellis to the Peninsula College Board of Trustees, Suzanne Donaldson to the Clark College Board of Trustees, and Jesse E. Johnson to the Highline College Board of Trustees, all by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes. The Senate then considered and passed several bills. SB 6014, a technical cleanup to pregnancy and postpartum accommodation laws, passed 41-8 after supporters said it clarified privacy protections and removed barriers for workers. SB 5863, dealing with preservation and inspection of state historical records tied to Lakeland Village, passed 49-0. SB 5825, authorizing the Washington State Leadership Board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments, passed 33-16 after two proposed amendments to limit administrative costs and cap contributions were rejected. SB 5874, allowing employers to correct certain unemployment insurance reporting errors, passed 49-0, and SB 5286, setting a statutory reimbursement cap for local police and fire services provided to state hospitals, passed 49-0 after an amendment set a $750,000 per-biennium maximum per facility. The Senate also passed SB 5904, requiring nursing titles to be used only by licensed human persons, and SB 5915, updating the health technology assessment process used for coverage decisions, both unanimously. SB 5919, creating voluntary wildfire-prevention incentives for agricultural producers and fire districts, also passed 49-0. SB 5938, making adjustments to foreclosure prevention fees and exemptions, passed 49-0. SB 5957, expanding the Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Program and its advisory committee, was taken up near the end of the transcript, with supporters emphasizing youth safety and trafficking prevention; the roll call was underway when the transcript ended. A major policy debate centered on SB 6002, which regulates automated license plate reader systems and driver privacy protections. After a proposed amendment to expand authorized uses was rejected, the bill’s striker was adopted. Supporters described the measure as a bipartisan privacy-and-public-safety balance that limits misuse and unauthorized sharing of ALPR data while preserving law enforcement utility; opponents argued it still needed more work or broader privacy protections. The engrossed second substitute passed 48-9. Another significant debate involved SB 5972, expanding interest arbitration for correctional employees in local city and county governments; supporters cited consistency and labor stability, while opponents warned of burdens on smaller counties. That bill passed 34-15. SB 5203, creating a wildlife connectivity planning and funding framework, passed 31-18 after supporters argued it would reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve grant competitiveness, while critics said it was too prescriptive and could affect rural land use and agriculture.

Transcript Highlights:

• And whereas residents of Arizona of Greek heritage have made significant contributions to education,
• Yeah, I just want to point out I'm a certified EMT as well as being a registered nurse.
• Yeah, I just want to point out I'm a certified EMT as well as being a registered nurse.
• thought we're adding another protected class because we're already, you know, we already have the nurses
• The House Education Committee will be meeting in House Hearing Room 1 at 2 p.m. Thank you.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of the doctor of the day. Members also offered personal privilege remarks, including a thank-you for care packages sent to deployed National Guard troops, an introduction of Mom’s Demand Action guests, and a proclamation honoring the 205th anniversary of Greek Independence Day. The Speaker announced several committee assignments and bill referrals, including the withdrawal and reassignment of SB 1050 and SB 1519, and the House then moved into Committee of the Whole. In Committee of the Whole, the House considered and approved three Senate bills. SB 1125 received a do pass recommendation; discussion noted it was part of a broader set of child welfare-related measures stemming from hearings and the Emily Pike case, with emphasis on communication gaps between tribes and DCS, and DCS’s support for the bill. SB 1193 was amended on the floor to include paramedics along with EMTs, with supporters saying the bill protects private information held by DHS vendors. SB 1448 was also amended and passed; it adds utility, telecommunications, and video service workers to the aggravated assault statute when they are engaged in official work duties, and members debated whether the protection was necessary or overly broad, with supporters stressing on-duty protection and opponents questioning the need for a special classification. After the Committee of the Whole rose, the House adopted its report and referred the three bills to engrossing. The chamber then took up third-reading votes on SB 1023, relating to optometrists, which passed 43-10, and SB 1211, relating to sentencing, which passed 53-0. The House also heard announcements about upcoming committee meetings and a proclamation naming April 26 through May 2, 2026, as Arizona Water Professionals Week. The House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• And whereas residents of Arizona of Greek heritage have made significant contributions to education,
• Yeah, I just want to point out I'm a certified EMT as well as being a registered nurse.
• Yeah, I just want to point out, I'm a certified EMT as well as being a registered nurse.
• thought we're adding another protected class because we're already, you know, we already have the nurses
• The House Education Committee will be meeting in House Hearing Room 1 at 2 p.m. Thank you.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It requires CNA serving a nursing home to receive training on recognizing the signs and symptoms of a
• You're bill requires new requirements for nurses, nursing assistants.
• And so my question is, how will the nursing homes ensure that these certified nursing assistants risk
• That this end's, the continuing medical education for physicians is up appropriate and not every year
• , every you know, whatever you know, that we make it really work that for our the CEUs for our nurses

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:01:35.520><c> authorization</c> postsecondary education authorization postsecondary education
• Nurses graduate from Hilo and, I'm sure, from Maui and different islands.
• I attended Senator v s ventur's graduation, graduating nurses 22 a year.
• I attended Senator v s ventur's graduation, graduating nurses 22 a year.
• We're creating new hospital beds. to allow nurses to be certified either to allow nurses to be certified

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection heard the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs present its biennium budget request for fiscal years 2025 to 2027. Director Nainoa Ando said the department’s requests were primarily special-fund ceiling increases to meet operational needs. Major items included an additional $12 million to complete the King Kamehameha V Post Office building roof project after hidden deterioration and water intrusion were discovered, plus funding related to fringe benefits and central services assessments. The department also outlined requests for a new medical compact implementation cost, an auditor position, an engineer position, and a captive insurance IT modernization project. A significant portion of the discussion focused on the Office of Consumer Protection’s landlord-tenant call line and public service access. Senators raised concerns that callers often reach voicemail, are told to leave a message, and sometimes are referred to look up the law themselves. DCCA said the Oʻahu line is staffed by one full-time employee backed by two to three investigators, with one investigator each on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, and that calls are tracked in a case management system. The department said it plans to add one more Oʻahu staff position through a transfer from another division and that a new call-center/web system with time tracking is expected to go live in the summer. Members also discussed a possible bill related to Pearson VUE nursing certification testing, with one senator describing the burden on neighbor-island nursing graduates who must travel to Honolulu for a one-hour test. The senator said she intended to introduce legislation after receiving no response to repeated outreach. DCCA did not take action on that proposal during the hearing. For the PUC-related requests, the department explained a one-time $1 million request for outside consulting tied to Maui wildfire-related filings, including wildfire safety mitigation and hazard mitigation plans, and a separate $900,000 request through the Consumer Advocacy Division to hire consultants for review and analysis. The committee also discussed a captive insurance IT modernization request, which DCCA said would replace manual and spreadsheet-based processes with a cloud-based system to better handle filings, payments, and workflow; no vote or final action was taken on the budget items during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll expand the use of our state lands for workforce housing so teachers and nurses and firefighters
• She works as a cook<00:34:50.879><c> in</c><00:34:51.119><c> a</c><00:34:51.280><c> nursing</c><00:34
• She takes care cook in a nursing home.
• </c> in healthcare, energy, and education in healthcare, energy, and education sectors<00:39:04.320><
• We launched the healthcare education loan repayment program, HELP.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• home or a skilled nursing facility.
• home or a skilled nursing facility.
• It's 54-208, examination education, which is lines 30 and 31, subsection C that's being struck.
• Is there any kind of continuing education requirement in your profession?
• I have all the educational experience required to sit for the CPA exams.

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What are these extra barriers that they face in order to access higher education?
• <01:26:32.280><c> and</c><01:26:32.440><c> career</c> education and career education and career development
• Scholastica specifically specializes in nursing, social work, psychology, education, and pre-medicine
• thinkers, and responsible leaders, with a lens on access to education.
• </c><01:40:16.719><c> at</c> broke her hip and to the nurses at broke her hip and to the nurses at Abbott

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all