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• to page 8, just want to call out an appropriation... ...for OSI, the Office of Superintendent of Insurance
• Line 75: Office of the Superintendent of Insurance.
• On the line below that, line 46, for the Public School Insurance Authority, is a fairly big item.
• Our understanding is the Office of Superintendent of Insurance requested a million dollars.
• And the insurance is 8.5 million for how many people? That's 8,500. Oh my gosh. Okay, thank you.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Maybe they picked up a job, you know, in McDonald's is carrying their insurance and Uh, we're still paying
• the managed care companies because we don't know that that person's doubly insured.
• So, if they're insured somewhere else, we don't want to have to foot that bill.
• Now we failed them so bad, we can't hardly, they can't get insurance.
• The insurance companies are leaving and they're not going to come back in until we reduce the risk and

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• I'm the Deputy Director of the Disability Insurance Branch, which does include the paid family leave
• So Unemployment Insurance had a plain-language overhaul of their application.
• The only thing I would add, Madam Chair, is my name is Nathan Yuley, the Unemployment Insurance Deputy
• The unemployment insurance program is seasonal in nature.
• Insurance rates from increased risk of accidents will affect the whole state.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 heard updates from the Secretary of State, EDD, the State Controller’s Office, CalHR, and DGS on a range of budget proposals and federal policy impacts. Secretary of State Shirley Weber opened with remarks about California’s election system, emphasizing its safety, transparency, high voter registration and vote-by-mail participation, and the office’s response to bomb threats and other election threats. Her staff then presented funding requests for the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) and Help America Vote Act/VoteCal activities, describing them as needed to modernize campaign finance and lobbying disclosure systems and maintain election security and voter services. A major portion of the hearing focused on federal election policy, especially the potential effects of a presidential executive order and the SAVE Act. Secretary of State staff said California would face significant, potentially unquantifiable costs if forced to comply, including new burdens on county recorders, county election offices, and the Secretary of State’s office, and warned of voter disenfranchisement, especially for students, seniors, disabled voters, military and overseas voters, rural residents, and people with limited transportation. Members and public commenters strongly opposed the federal proposals and argued California’s current system is functioning well. The committee also heard that federal HAVA funds were not expected to be at risk because the state draws them down into an interest-bearing account. EDD reported on paid family leave, explaining that recent delays were tied to a system transition and increased claim volume, and said it was simplifying applications and adding staff and automation. Public testimony supported expanding paid family leave to chosen family. EDD also said it is prepared for possible unemployment spikes, citing a recession plan, a command center, and recent hiring. The State Controller’s Office requested funding to continue the Fiscal migration project, which would move the state’s accounting book of record to the new system by July 1, 2026; Finance and LAO had no objections, and the committee expressed support for the project’s progress. CalHR presented a proposal for a statewide recruitment, outreach, and education paid media campaign under AB 1511, saying its current advertising budget is too small to reach diverse communities effectively. The final item addressed Governor Newsom’s executive order requiring a return to office on a four-day schedule. CalHR and DGS said they were working department-by-department to assess space, parking, transit, and other logistics, but had not completed a statewide cost analysis. Members and many public commenters criticized the order, arguing it was rushed, costly, harmful to telework benefits, and potentially disruptive to workers, especially those with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities, or long commutes. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Monday, June 15: Senate Bill 1378 referred to Banking, Insurance.
• Monday, June 15: House Bill 2391 referred to Banking, Insurance.
• House Bill 2427 referred to Banking, Insurance.
• House Bill 2443 referred to Banking, Insurance.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer by Senator Anthony H. Williams and the Pledge of Allegiance, then received gubernatorial communications and a long list of newly referred Senate and House bills and resolutions. The chamber approved the April 22, 2026 journal by a 49-0 vote. Senators also introduced guests, including a high school senior advisory council visiting with Senator Malone and a young guest welcomed by Senator Costa. On the floor, several bills were taken up and either set aside or advanced. Senate Bill 1377 and Senate Bill 482 were re-referred to Appropriations, Senate Bill 906 was re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations, and Senate Bills 1133, 1334, and 1368 were also sent to Appropriations. Senator Dush requested a conflict-of-interest ruling on an amendment to Senate Bill 469; the chair ruled no conflict existed and required him to vote, and the amendment was adopted. The Senate also took Senate Bill 127 from the table and placed it on the calendar. The Senate then considered Supplemental Calendar Number One. Senate Bill 362 received a technical amendment and was advanced; Senate Bill 1183 passed 50-0; Senate Bill 1352, which would allow qualifying substance use disorder treatment providers to receive two-year licenses, passed 45-5 after supportive remarks from Senators Brooks, Tartaglione, and Street; and House Bill 1877, codifying the Pennsylvania seal of biliteracy, passed 50-0 after Senator Lindsey Williams described its student-led origins. The session ended with committee announcements for the next day and Senator Tartaglione’s petition urging a floor vote on the House-passed minimum wage bill, House Bill 2189.

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• Top page 15 insurance. Good afternoon. I'm Ren Norman from the Department of Insurance.
• They go out and examine the books and records of insurance companies. This one adds time and money.
• Seeing none, thanks, Brian. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Public Education Employees Health Insurance

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• It talks about groceries, housing, daycare assistance, insurance, those kinds of things of raising.
• Another expense that would go on there is, of course, insurance, medical insurance.
• I noticed that it's daycare, insurance, transportation, and medical costs like asthma or braces.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met to conduct the statutorily required four-year review of Oklahoma’s child support guidelines, which DHS said had not been reviewed on schedule in recent years. Deputy Director Don Zellner of DHS Child Support Services presented data on the number of children served, child poverty, rising costs of raising a child, wage trends, and the volume of child support orders handled by DHS. He also explained how the current guidelines work, including income withholding, shared overnight deductions, daycare, medical, transportation, and self-employment adjustments, and noted that the guidelines are based on gross combined income and currently cap at $15,000 combined income. Committee members, especially Senator Boren, questioned whether the current model fairly reflects modern family economics, including the cost of housing, the impact of shared overnights, and whether visitation issues should be addressed alongside child support. DHS said the guidelines are over 25 years old, that other states generally use similar gross-income models with shared-overnight deductions, and that Oklahoma’s administrative courts have been more receptive than district courts to DHS’s lower-income deviation approach. Zellner said DHS has also updated its practices to better account for low-income obligors, including allowing zero orders in some cases and reducing imputed minimum-wage assumptions, which DHS said has improved collections. Members also asked about transparency and public access to the calculations. DHS said the formula and income chart are in statute, the calculator is available on the DHS website, and the Excel-based tool applies the statutory chart and deductions. A public commenter asked where parents could see how amounts are calculated, and DHS explained that the statutory chart and calculator are the main sources. The committee discussed possible future reforms, including higher income caps, possible changes to shared overnight rules, and whether extracurricular or special child-related expenses could be considered through judicial deviation. No vote was taken; the meeting ended with the chair noting it was the last Judiciary meeting of the 60th Legislature and adjourning the committee.

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• With the author agree that once we did mandate expansion, then more children received insurance and more
• working poor people received insurance because of Medicaid expansion and Sooner Care.
• the bean counting, making sure that they can pay the bills, making sure that they do all of the insurance
• It makes insurance companies look at our state differently.

Bills: HB4440 , HJR1067 , HJR1087 , HJR1089

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: Medicaid, low-income adults, healthcare, eligibility restrictions, constitutional amendment, Medicaid expansion, SoonerCare, health coverage, federal matching funds, FMAP, Article XXV-A, state question, special election, Title 63, public assistance, healthcare funding, federal-state match, Medicaid eligibility, Oklahoma Constitution, ad valorem

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• legislation is to provide greater efficiencies between the Department of Finance and the Department of Insurance
• To that end, the Department of Insurance shall concurrently serve as the Director of Finance.
• Chairman, Representative Birch, it really does move the Department of Finance under the Department of Insurance
• in that, and... ...statutes that apply in the Division of Finance will also stay in that, and the insurance

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 989, all

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• health bill, just that, um, how things are going to travel with the undocumented piece, um, the insurance
• /c><00:04:58.160><c> piece</c><00:04:58.639><c> um</c><00:04:59.040><c> the</c><00:04:59.360><c> insurance
• </c><00:04:59.759><c> for</c><00:05:00.400><c> um</c> the undock piece um the insurance for um the undock
• piece um the insurance for um undocumented<00:05:01.600><c> people.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Next up, we have HB 544 HD1 C1, relating to pet insurance.
• Uh, next measure is Senate Bill 752 SD1 HD1, relating to insurance.
• Senate Bill 752 SD1 HD1, relating to insurance.
• SB 1044 SD2 HD2, relating to the stabilization of property insurance.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• They also included health practitioner co-insurance, uh, under House, Senate bill, excuse me, Senate
• Also that they did not and do not carry any flood insurance or any insurance on their facility, and they
• place, uh, it may, in some cases excuse them for wanting to say that they have to hold any type of insurance

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

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• Regarding the bidding aspect and the rate aspect, I know you all handle insurance for state employees
• State employees are under the State Employees Insurance Board, which is a...
• The Employees Insurance Board is a separate entity for the teachers. Yes, sir.
• Well, sort of like we just assumed that teachers had workers' comp insurance.

Bills: SB175 , SB195 , SB196 , SB199

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: aircraft, tax exemption, sales tax, lease tax, maintenance, Alabama, health insurance, Medicare, retirees, public education, contracts, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, parental leave, state employees, local education agencies

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• Members, at the end of this, yes, we are providing insurance.
• removed the liability from an employee, asking an employer if they had done if they had got their insurance
• for events with abbel where we're now requiring her directing able to require certain liability insurance

Bills: SB65 , SB444 , SB592 , SB640 , SB1242 , SB1257 , SB1304 , SB1501 , SB1642 , SB1946 , SB2178

Committee: House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Keywords: SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid

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• for Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee substitute for Senate Bill 20: An act relating to insurance
• for Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee substitute for Senate Bill 20: An act relating to insurance
• Senate Bill 21, introduced by Senator Stefanics and others, an act relating to health insurance requiring

Bills: HB111 , HB108 , HB145 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB63 , HB64 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HB4 , HB7 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB88 , HB96 , HB166 , HB285 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• insurance insurance program<05:30:47.120><c> but</c><05:30:47.840><c> uh</c><05:30:48.000><c> when</
• Ballard to coordinate with the Department of Insurance so that the Department of Insurance was basically
• Ballard to coordinate with the Department of Insurance so that the Department of Insurance was basically
• insurance</c><05:46:53.840><c> was</c><05:46:54.520><c> basically</c> department of insurance was basically
• Now, for commercial insurance as well.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 66, a right-to-know measure that would broaden access from “citizen” to “person,” including out-of-state requesters. Members also adopted an amendment removing the current no-filing-fee provision for appeals of unfavorable right-to-know ombudsman rulings, citing budget concerns. The bill was then reported ought to pass as amended on a 16-9 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 187, which would let a parent or guardian seek a protective order on behalf of a minor alleging abuse by someone outside the family or household, was described as a narrow fix with little fiscal impact. It passed unanimously, 25-0, and was placed on the consent calendar. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a report on potential harms and benefits, was retained because its policy had been folded into House Bill 2; the committee voted 25-0 to retain it. House Bill 219, dealing with renewable portfolio standard changes and lower renewable energy certificate values, drew opposition from members who said it would weaken renewable energy development and raise concerns about energy costs, but the motion to retain was adopted 14-11, allowing the bill to be moved into House Bill 2. The committee then retained House Bills 365, 552, 566, 572, 607, 611, and 624, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, generally because the relevant policy or funding had been incorporated into House Bill 2 or because the bills were viewed as technical or low-impact. HB 566 was described as a landfill leach-management bill with a fiscal note under $10,000 annually and was sent to consent. HB 572 and HB 607 were retained because their money components were moved into HB 2, though one member objected that HB 607 represented an unfunded mandate for the Hampton Beach Area Commission. House Bill 511, concerning ICE detainers and county detention practices, generated the most debate. Supporters said the amendment clarified how long counties may hold detainees without a federal contract and compared the detention period to existing bail rules; opponents argued the bill could sanction detention of people not charged with crimes and raised due-process concerns. The committee adopted the amendment 14-11 and then reported the bill ought to pass as amended on another 14-11 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 639, involving securities and digital currency issues, was also reported ought to pass after members noted unresolved concerns but said the Secretary of State’s Securities Division was willing to continue working on it in the other body; the vote was 16-10.

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• or go back to being self-insured.
• </c> you move from a self-insured you move from a self-insured um<03:27:16.960><c> um</c><03:27:17.279
• state went from being fully insured.
• , not lots of insurances, right?
• of insurances, right?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature. A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date. Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.

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• </c> &gt;&gt; It's basically it's a it's an insurance &gt;&gt; It's basically it's a it's an insurance
• Unemployment insurance and paid leave judges are not currently on that list.
• Unemployment insurance and paid leave judges are not currently on that list.
• Unemployment insurance and paid leave judges are not currently on that list.
• There's nothing insurance requirements.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• or can't afford insurance.
• </c> for insurance or can't afford insurance. for insurance or can't afford insurance.
• Um people have skin private insurance.
• </c><01:03:39.680><c> through</c> kids have program have insurance through kids have program have insurance
• ,</c> maybe they have private pay insurance, maybe they have private pay insurance, but<01:49:08.320>

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• Our local communities are facing record numbers of overrides, rising group insurance costs, and damage
• other so-called health and human services accounts, and $2.8 billion for public employee health insurance
• other so-called health and human services accounts, and $2.8 billion for public employee health insurance
• at the Thank you. and $2.8 billion for public employee health insurance at the GIC.
• and firefighters on the job, support educators, and respond to rising costs, especially in health insurance

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted two commendatory resolutions honoring the Plimpton Historical Society’s Deborah Sampson Day recognition and Megan’s Light’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month observance, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee. The chamber also briefly recognized Diane Talk of the South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center on her retirement after 30 years of dispatch service. Later, the Senate passed two local bills to enactment: House No. 4006, authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional all-alcoholic beverages license, and House No. 473, relating to the charter of Westwood. The main business was the Senate Ways and Means presentation of the fiscal year 2027 budget, totaling about $63.3 billion. The chair described the budget as balanced, with no new taxes or tax cuts, based on a consensus revenue estimate of $986 million in growth over FY26 (2.4%), and including about $15.8 billion in federal financial participation and roughly $2.7 billion from the Fair Share surtax. The budget emphasized record local aid, including $1.376 billion in unrestricted general government aid, $7.66 billion for Chapter 70 education aid, increased minimum school aid, higher regional school transportation reimbursement, rural aid, and the revival of the Foundation Budget Review Commission. It also highlighted major investments in MassEducate free community college, food security, housing, and support for vulnerable residents. Members then engaged in extended colloquy on the budget’s major cost drivers and policy choices. Questions focused on debt service, pension and OPEB liabilities, MassHealth caseload and rising per-enrollee costs, child care funding, and program integrity in DTA and other benefit programs. The chair said debt service would be about $2.67 billion, pension payments would be $5.1 billion, OPEB would receive a $150 million payment, and MassHealth enrollment was projected at about 2 million with costs driven by acuity and medical inflation. He also said the budget includes no collective bargaining agreements and no state tax changes. Senators supporting the budget praised its investments in education, local aid, homelessness prevention, public health, libraries, and housing, while minority leaders and others stressed the need for fiscal discipline, transparency, and further work on affordability and municipal support. The Senate also received a House message on House No. 5316, which the House had nonconcurred in, and a conference committee was appointed on the disagreement.

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• The next section is updates to rules that relate to our uniform group insurance program under 54-52.1
• change to this section just clarifies the qualifying events for enrollment into the uniform group insurance
• 71-03-04-01, except this one applies to political subdivisions participating in the uniform group insurance
• change to this section just clarifies the qualifying events for enrollment into the uniform group insurance
• The next, we have one update to the RHIC, the retiree health insurance credit section of our code, which

Summary: The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes. The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process. The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.