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• Whereas it is fitting to express enduring gratitude for Speaker Sauter's outstanding contributions to
• Whereas it is fitting to express enduring gratitude for Speaker Sauter's outstanding contributions to
• Health and Welfare. Representative McMakin, for a motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, members.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then used personal privilege remarks to honor a number of individuals and groups, including a moment of silence for Representative Wright’s uncle, Korean War veteran Melvin Truche, and a tribute to former Speaker Joe R. Sauter through House Resolution 4. Speakers described Sauter as a humble, faith-centered public servant and asked for a moment of silence and applause in his memory. The chamber also recognized the Louisiana Federal Directors Association, celebrated Representative Bagley’s mother’s 96th birthday, and welcomed Miss Natchitoches City of Lights and the North Shore Focus group. The House received Senate messages on SCR 4, SCR 7, and SCR 8, which would commemorate St. Patrick’s Day and designate Capitol recognition days for the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival and the Meat and Oyster Festival; all were laid over. The House also received and laid over several new measures, including resolutions on the death of Reverend Dr. William J. Shaw, voter identification and election integrity, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Day, a study of the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, and support for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. A new House bill was introduced to create the Regency Park Townhomes Crime Prevention Security District, and another to appropriate funds for consent judgments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including House Resolution 10 designating Funeral Director’s Day, House Resolution 11 commending the crew of Eve on its 40th anniversary, House Resolution 12 recognizing Nurse Practitioner Day, House Resolution 13 on Dorothy Prevost, and House Concurrent Resolution 13 commending Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans. Committee reports were also received on a number of bills, including transportation and civil law measures, many involving highway and bridge designations such as memorial highways for Speaker Joe Sauter, Eugene Washington, Trevor Avenue, and others. The House also noted upcoming committee meetings, an open interim emergency board ballot deadline, and adjourned without objection until Monday at 3:00 p.m.

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• This to me is a public health issue.
• The agency operates and maintains them.
• to operate a hundred percent CNG.
• Consumption of ultra processed foods is a leading driver of poor health outcomes and rising health care
• If we truly care about children's health, we must treat ultra-processed food like the public health threat

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• and rising health care costs.
• These foods have been linked to serious health harms.
• and provide the kind of health care that we need in California.
• Well, it's the cost of operating, it's the cost of operating, James Carville once said, 'It's the economy
• Well, it's the cost of operating, it's the cost of living.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• about my 10th year on the Disability Advisory Commission, and I do chair the Joint Commission on Health
• Care and the Education and Health Committee in the Senate.
• This directs DMAS to amend its, I apologize, this is the health care category.
• That would be in one of our health presentations.
• So I think it fits right into our health care meeting. Exactly. So thank you. Thank you.

Keywords: Disability Commission, 976, house, all

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• These payroll systems are funded and operated by public employees using...
• They operate as private entities.
• We've all endured a lot of testimony today, and it's been a long and arduous day.
• We've all endured a lot of testimony today, and it's been a long and arduous day.
• We've all endured a lot of testimony today, and it's been a long and arduous day.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from Tuesday, February 17th and welcomed a new page, Layton from Boise High. It then quickly passed Senate Bill 1261, which would add the word “appointed” to code so that an appointed officeholder is treated the same as an elected one if a seat is filled by appointment after a resignation. The motion for a due-pass recommendation carried without opposition. The main item was House Bill 745, a proposal to restrict public employers from using taxpayer funds or public resources for certain union-related activities. Representative Boyle said the bill would bar school districts from paying or facilitating union dues deductions, extra compensation to cover dues, disclosure of personal information beyond what is required by law, mandatory meetings with unions, distribution of union communications, and paid leave for union activities, while exempting police, firefighters, and federal-law-sensitive positions. She and supporters argued the bill would keep public money in classrooms, protect taxpayers, and preserve voluntary union membership. Opponents and some questioners argued the bill singled out teachers’ unions, could affect local collaborative programs and school-based events, and raised constitutional and germane-committee concerns because teachers’ collective bargaining is addressed in Title 33 rather than Title 44. Public testimony was split. Supporters, including Freedom Foundation, Americans for Prosperity, the National Right to Work Committee, Idaho Republican Party representatives, parents, and individual taxpayers, said payroll deductions and paid union leave improperly subsidize private political organizations and should be voluntary and reimbursed by unions. Opponents, including the Idaho Education Association, the Idaho State AFL-CIO, and an educator from Valley View, said unions are funded by member dues, the bill targets teachers while exempting other public-sector unions, and its language could disrupt school-community events such as back-to-school fairs and other collaborative programs. No final vote on HB 745 was taken in the portion provided.

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• It helps release time programs operate constitutionally and safely by specifying the requirements a program
• Four in ten high school students have significant mental health challenges.
• So these health issues have been growing, but schools have cut back PE and health education, including
• It's almost an endangered species, and health education is in many cases extinct.
• , literally bigger brains from that activity.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• The first is Cooper House, which is owned and operated by Doorways, also known as Interfaith Residence
• Cooper House is owned and operated by Doorways, also known as Interfaith Residence in St. Louis.
• Well, the mind can only absorb what the posterior can endure. language like last week.
• Well, the mind can only absorb what the posterior can endure. Amazing. Great work. I cleaned it up.

Summary: The Commerce Committee first took up House Bill 1845 in executive session and voted it do pass unanimously. The committee then moved into a public hearing on House Bill 3080, sponsored by Representative Riggs, which was presented as a technical/emergency fix to restore Missouri’s historic preservation tax credit provisions after a court ruling invalidated prior legislation because of unrelated “chicken coop” language. Riggs said the bill was needed to protect more than $300 million in projects already underway and noted companion legislation was moving in the Senate. Committee members expressed support and emphasized the importance of historic redevelopment, especially in St. Louis and other communities. Supporters testified that the bill would stabilize financing for projects already in progress and preserve a key tool for redeveloping vacant historic buildings, schools, theaters, and other properties statewide. Witnesses described specific projects including Delmar Devine in St. Louis, a vacant school in Hermann, the Englewood Theater in Independence, Cooper House, and Elliott School, explaining that tax credits were essential to making the projects financially feasible and to leveraging private investment, grants, and other financing. Several speakers said the credits help address housing shortages, neighborhood blight, and community revitalization, and that uncertainty after the court ruling was threatening construction and financing commitments. One witness, Arnie C., testified in opposition, calling the measure a corporate giveaway and arguing the state could not afford the program. Committee members responded that the bill was a corrective measure, not an expansion of credits, and that it was necessary because projects had already been approved and were in various stages of completion. After hearing testimony from supporters, one opponent, and no additional witnesses, the chair closed the hearing on House Bill 3080 and adjourned the committee.

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• Given all our school community endured during Operation Metro Surge, eliminating support for behavioral
• Given all our school community endured<00:40:48.720><c> during</c><00:40:49.040><c> Operation</c><00:
• 40:49.599><c> Metro</c><00:40:50.000><c> Surge,</c> endured during Operation Metro Surge, endured during
• </c> health felt absolutely unimaginable. health felt absolutely unimaginable.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the developments in science and medicine around compounds that promote neuroplasticity and brain health
• , and the future of mental health treatment.
• Firefighters are uniquely exposed to mental health impacts.
• Firefighters are uniquely exposed to mental health impacts.
• There’s been so much resources put into mental health.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Access to Breakthrough Mental Health Therapies met to discuss psychedelic-assisted treatments for serious mental health conditions, with a focus on psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA, and related compounds. The chair framed the issue as a clinical and access problem for veterans, first responders, and others with PTSD, depression, TBI, addiction, and suicidal ideation, emphasizing that these therapies are intended for supervised medical settings rather than take-home use. Members reviewed research claims and policy trends, including FDA breakthrough therapy designations, state-level psychedelic legislation, and the role of Arizona’s right-to-try law in expanding access once federal approval is in place. Testimony came from Alan Mullen, a retired Army Special Forces veteran, who described his PTSD/TBI history and said ibogaine treatment helped him confront trauma and showed promise in reducing symptoms under strict medical monitoring. Dr. Sue Cisley of Scottsdale Research Institute described ongoing FDA-controlled trials in Arizona, said current medications often fail high-need patients, and urged removal of research barriers and preparation for right-to-try and expanded access. Dan Freiberg of the Professional Firefighters of Arizona said firefighters face chronic exposure to trauma, often rely on alcohol or other coping mechanisms, and need effective alternatives beyond traditional therapy. Dr. Chung Trin discussed late-stage psychedelic trials, the FDA breakthrough pathway, safety oversight, and the need for state readiness when approvals occur. Committee members asked about how the treatments work, whether they require psychotherapy support, safety concerns including suicidality and black-market abuse, patenting and synthetic versus natural versions, and costs compared with ketamine and other treatments. Witnesses said the therapies are administered with extensive screening, monitoring, and integration support, and argued that addiction potential appears low under medical supervision. The discussion ended with interest in sending correspondence to federal officials to support right-to-try cooperation and in continuing the research and policy work; no formal vote or action was taken in the portion provided.

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• careers and health-related content.
• Do you do that for the other health care-related programs, behavioral health programs?
• mobile health units.
• of MAT in public health offices.
• Health offices for treatment.

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• </c> an IEP or a 504 or another uh uh health an IEP or a 504 or another uh uh health plan. plan. plan
• </c> uh health insurance. uh health insurance. they<00:44:16.720><c> have</c><00:44:16.880><c> access
• <00:44:18.720><c> insurance</c> health insurance health insurance and<00:44:20.880><c> gee</c><00:44:
• Billing<00:45:38.800><c> health</c><00:45:39.040><c> insurance</c> Billing health insurance Billing health
• </c> health well-being. health well-being.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• and specific pathways in the brain.
• What do you think this means for the field of mental health in 15 or 20 years?
• and specific method or pathways in the I was looking at the brain and specific pathways in the brain
• What do you think this means for the field of mental health in 15 or 20 years?
• or mental health issues.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• c> and</c> championed critical global health and championed critical global health and education education
• </c><02:02:34.880><c> care,</c> investments in education, health care, investments in education, health
• </c> grateful heart salute those who endured grateful heart salute those who endured great<02:18:36.800
• <c> to</c><02:50:09.040><c> have</c><02:50:09.120><c> an</c> operation are estimated to have an operation

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• North Dakota support our current shelter that the Spirit Lake Tribe has operational operating.
• for physical health conditions.
• Tribal health programs have historically relied on a combination of Indian Health Service funding and
• access to mental health care.
• Our reimbursement, psychiatric or mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals in this state.

Summary: The committee met at Spirit Lake Tribe and first heard welcoming remarks and introductions from tribal leaders and program directors. Chairwoman Street and other tribal representatives outlined a range of concerns and requests for state action, including taxation of reservation lands, support for non-beneficiary students at the tribal school, homelessness funding, Indian-managed health care, gaming and e-tabs, Feather Alert improvements, industrial farming near waterways, tourism, and better state-tribal consultation. Committee members responded that the meeting was intended to improve understanding and communication, and several members suggested future legislation or resolutions could be used to advance some of the issues. The tribe also offered to provide training on treaties, IHS 638, and compact services to legislators and staff. A major portion of the discussion focused on Spirit Lake fish and wildlife jurisdiction and the lake boundary. Tribal representatives asked for an MOU or co-stewardship agreement with the state to clarify hunting and fishing rights, recognize tribal licenses, and reduce recurring disputes over “gray areas” on the reservation and lake. Committee members discussed whether to draft a bill or resolution directing the executive branch and state agencies to negotiate such an agreement, and asked that North Dakota Game and Fish be invited to a future meeting. Related concerns included aquatic nuisance species prevention, with both sides agreeing that more aggressive boat inspection and cleaning measures would be beneficial. The committee also discussed taxation and county relations. Tribal leaders raised concerns about county resistance to fee-to-trust transfers and about property and vehicle taxation affecting members living on or near reservation lands. Committee members and tribal counsel reviewed federal treaty principles and court cases, and one member noted that the committee had previously taken no formal action on similar issues. Later, Benson County’s tax equalization director explained how the county values taxable land, handles inundated land applications, and tracks land coming off the tax rolls when the tribe repurchases acreage. The discussion ended with a presentation from the president of Sisseton Wahpeton College, who described the college’s programs, economic impact, and funding needs, followed by an HHS presentation on 1115 Medicaid waivers and the IMD exclusion as the committee moved to its next topic.

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• So the developments in science and medicine around compounds that promote neuroplasticity and brain health
• , and the future of mental health treatment.
• Firefighters are uniquely exposed to mental health impacts.
• I'm a health care executive that manages about 20,000 patients.
• There's been so much resources put into mental health.

Summary: The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Access to Breakthrough Mental Health Therapies held an informational hearing focused on psychedelic-assisted treatments for PTSD, depression, addiction, and related conditions, especially for veterans, first responders, and firefighters. The chair framed the issue as a response to long-standing barriers created by Schedule I restrictions and stigma, emphasizing that the committee was looking at supervised clinical use rather than take-home drugs. Members discussed the growing number of state psychedelic policy proposals, the federal breakthrough therapy pathway, and the idea of Arizona preparing for FDA approval and possibly sending correspondence to federal officials in support of expanded access and Right to Try implementation. Witnesses included retired Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Alan Mullen, who described participating in an ibogaine study for PTSD/TBI and said the treatment, combined with preparation and integration support, helped him confront trauma and showed promise under strict medical monitoring. Dr. Sue Sisley of Scottsdale Research Institute testified that her team is conducting FDA-controlled psychedelic trials, including psilocybin research funded by Arizona, and argued that these therapies can produce major symptom relief with limited doses when delivered in controlled settings. She also urged the legislature to help remove barriers to research and access, including support for Right to Try and possible federal action to allow controlled-substance access. Dan Freiberg of the Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona said firefighters face chronic mental health exposure and often lack effective options beyond traditional therapy or, in some cases, ketamine, and he supported any safe, effective treatment that could help members return to work and reduce suicide risk. Dr. Chung Trin, a mental health physician and trial investigator, explained the FDA breakthrough designation process, said several psychedelic treatments are in late-stage review, and stressed the need for Arizona to build clinical infrastructure so patients can access approved therapies quickly and safely once federal approval occurs. Committee members asked about safety, addiction potential, suicide risk, costs, patents, and whether natural versus synthetic versions of compounds like psilocybin would be available; the hearing ended with general support for continued research, possible legislative correspondence to federal officials, and no formal vote or bill action taken.

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• creating criminal offenses, and authorizing an administrative penalty for the Committee on Public Health
• We are still operating under the 2020 census data because there's not been another census.
• Every time we say, where is our health care?
• You strip people of their power to fight for health care in their communities.
• Let's increase access to health care. Let's provide funding for our schools.

Bills: HB4, HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• I thank you for trusting me, and I yield back. lived operated businesses and raised my lived operated
• <00:27:18.200><c> now</c><00:27:18.399><c> Mr</c> operations now Mr operations now Mr Speaker<00:27:21.000
• Health care got much more expensive.
• And health care?
• Open up your brains. Hire a computer brain.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> which is leading to mental health which is leading to mental health challenges<00:07:28.479><c>
• My brain bored of the tiring scrolling.
• So why aren't we child's mental health.
• </c> emotional, physical, and mental health emotional, physical, and mental health impact<00:16:25.839
• </c> their brains begin to resemble a brain their brains begin to resemble a brain hooked<00:17:20.240

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Further, a successfully completed initial operating segment whose design and operation has proven to
• This will allow our animal health division, and I have Dr.
• understanding of the One Health.
• understanding of the One Health. in the veterinary services, the animal health expertise, a deep understanding
• of the One Health.

Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.

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• Health Science Center.
• We now have a new nickname for our Hinojosa Square operation. Thank you.
• Health care. Unfortunately, it's amazing.
• She did a lot of work in terms of health care. for this country and also for this state.
• All the work that she'd done for health care, she wasn't able to get the proper health care. at a medical

Bills: SJR1, SB9, SB40, SJR36, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, 1185, senate