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• </c><01:32:14.040><c> but</c><01:32:14.199><c> also</c><01:32:14.440><c> for</c><01:32:14.639><c> the
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• only</c><01:32:24.960><c> the</c><01:32:25.639><c> four</c><01:32:26.040><c> corners</c><01:32:26.520
• :32:36.719><c> purpose</c><01:32:37.080><c> four</c><01:32:37.520><c> I</c><01:32:37.639><c> know</c>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• ><c> testimony</c><01:32:51.280><c> from</c><01:32:51.760><c> um</c><01:32:52.000><c> HGA</c> test uh
• c><01:32:55.120><c> in</c><01:32:55.360><c> opposition.
• &gt;&gt; Anyone<01:32:57.360><c> else</c><01:32:57.520><c> wishing</c><01:32:57.920><c> to</c><01:32:
• 58.159><c> testify</c><01:32:58.560><c> on</c><01:32:58.880><c> House</c> &gt;&gt; Anyone else wishing

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing opened with House Bill 1969, which would provide state funding for colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents. The Department of Human Services said it supports the goal of early screening but would need new administrative capacity, including a program manager and claim pre-screening, to run the program. The Department of Health supported the measure and cited low screening rates in Hawaii, noting an educational campaign to encourage screening. The Insurance Division raised concerns about reliance on federal FAQs, warning that guidance can change and may create state cost exposure. Supporters including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the Hawaii Medical Association argued the bill would close a preventive-care gap, reduce late-stage diagnoses, and save long-term costs; the committee also discussed implementation costs, estimated by DHS at roughly $1.4 million to $2 million annually plus administrative expenses, and a 6-month to 1-year timeline to establish the program. The committee then took up House Bill 1965, which would require health carriers to spend at least 6% of total medical expenditures on primary care providers. The Insurance Division said several provisions raise technical and legal concerns, including the premium freeze, the medical loss ratio language, the lack of an existing external review process for downcoding claims, and a new mandate for medically necessary inter-island transportation that could trigger an ACA defrayal. The Department of Human Services supported the intent but suggested broader language to include primary care supports and services, and noted that QUEST integration plans already invested at least 9% of total medical expenditures in primary care in 2024, with additional spending on supports and low-value care reductions. State health planning officials strongly supported the bill as an investment in primary care, saying it could improve outcomes and lower long-term costs, though they acknowledged a possible temporary premium increase during the transition. Testimony in support emphasized Hawaii’s physician shortage, especially on Maui, the Big Island, and other neighbor islands, and warned that clinics are under financial strain and may close without higher primary care reimbursement. The Hawaii Healthcare Task Force, AARP Hawaii, and other supporters said the bill would help retain providers, improve access for Medicare and Medicaid patients, and prevent downstream costs from emergency room use and avoidable hospitalizations. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• support for Climate Action California, 350 Humboldt, 350 Sacramento, and the Climate Reality Project chapters
• in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and the Climate Reality Project chapters in Los Angeles and San Fernando
• Sacramento and the Climate Reality Project chapters in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley.
• Matt Easley, on behalf of the California chapters of the Associated General Contractors, in opposition
• And that's 32, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 1. That bill is out.

Summary: The committee first heard SB 804, the Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act, from Senator Arreguín. He said the bill would designate the State Fire Marshal as the safety regulator for intrastate hydrogen pipelines and require hydrogen-specific standards, while not mandating any pipeline construction or bypassing environmental review. Supporters included labor groups, utility employees, and the City of Burbank, while Air Products opposed unless amended, citing concerns about the bill’s specificity, fee structure, and the need for a hydrogen-specific rulemaking process. The committee discussed safety, fees, and regulatory certainty, and later passed SB 804 on a 9-0 vote to Emergency Management with commitment to take amendments. The committee then took up SB 905 by Senator Becker, aimed at reducing electricity rates by changing utility incentives. The bill would tie part of executive compensation to keeping rates below inflation, require more performance metrics, and allow the CPUC to consider lower returns on equity for certain lower-risk investments and alternative financing options. Support came from consumer, environmental, agricultural, and large energy user groups, while Southern California Edison, CalChamber, PG&E, and utility labor groups raised concerns that the bill could reduce investment, create regulatory uncertainty, and raise borrowing costs. After extensive discussion about utility affordability, wildfire costs, and capital markets, the committee passed SB 905 on a 7-1 vote to Appropriations. SB 913, also by Senator Becker, would create a clearer pathway for distributed energy resources such as batteries and smart thermostats to participate in the resource adequacy market and compete with utility-scale resources. Supporters said the bill would better use existing grid capacity, lower costs, and build on the state’s Demand Side Grid Support Program; PG&E opposed unless amended, saying the use case was not yet proven and was already being addressed in other rulemakings. After the committee accepted amendments, one opposition group moved to neutral and another said it might do so after reviewing the changes. The bill passed 8-0 to Appropriations and was placed on call. Several other measures were heard and advanced, including SB 1196 on faster utility hookups for small energization projects such as ADUs and EV chargers, SB 931 reauthorizing the Diablo Canyon Essential Services Mitigation Fund through 2028, SB 1158 reducing the frequency of joint reliability assessments from quarterly to twice yearly, and SB 1245 directing further study of California’s gasoline market and potential use of non-CARBOB fuel during supply disruptions. SB 1196 and SB 931 both passed with broad support and no opposition after amendments, SB 1158 passed without testimony, and SB 1245 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates but opposition from fuel industry and business groups concerned about costs, confidentiality, and fuel standards.

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• Through 2014, when I was before this committee, that would have been up to 32 cents a gallon.
• Chair, Senator Sandy Barr, I'm the director for Sierra Club's Green Canyon Chapter, and we are opposed
• Chair, Senator Sandy Byer, I'm the director for the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter, which is the Arizona
• chapter, and we are opposed to House Bill 2156.
• It's from the Arizona Southwest Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

Bills: HB2014 , HB2111 , HB2156 , HB2165 , HB2202 , HB2305 , HB2321 , HB2399 , HB2403 , HB2416 , HB2418 , HB2446 , HB2601 , HB2615 , HB2620 , HB2812 , HB2939 , HB2940 , HB2955 , HB2957 , HB2960 , HB2992 , HB4026 , HB4049

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety, traffic laws, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, veterans, state parks, admission fees, military exemption, recreation access

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• ><c> approved</c><00:32:30.399><c> hemp</c><00:32:30.720><c> plan</c><00:32:31.120><c> and</c><00:32:
• Thank<00:32:40.399><c> you</c><00:32:40.480><c> very</c><00:32:40.720><c> much</c><00:32:40.799><c> for
• </c><00:32:42.799><c> Joe</c><00:32:43.039><c> Hannon,</c> Joe,<00:32:54.960><c> you</c><00:32:55.120
• I don't know if<00:32:56.080><c> you're</c><00:32:56.159><c> going</c><00:32:56.240><c> to</c><00:32:

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I encourage you to vote yes on H. 4119. [01:32:05.000] The EMS Compact Commission for the United States
• allow Massachusetts to join the Interstate Commission for EMS personnel practice, the EMS Compact. [01:32
• already heard testimony from others concerned about education and standards for other compacts. [01:32
• before you not only as a 45-year veteran in clinical practice, a past president of the New England chapter

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills involving professional licensure, clinical practice, and public health-related workforce issues. The chair explained that no votes would be taken at the hearing and that the purpose was to gather public input. Early testimony focused on Marnie’s Law, with supporters describing the bill as a no-cost, preventive measure to require nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer after a family tragedy and arguing it could reduce misdiagnosis and save lives. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills affecting clinical decision-making and licensure compacts. Supporters of the physician ownership/clinical autonomy bills argued they would protect independent practices from corporate interference after the Steward collapse, while supporters of EMS, dental, psychology, physical therapy, and physician assistant compacts said the measures would improve workforce mobility, reduce delays, and expand access to care, especially for rural patients, military families, and telehealth users. Several witnesses emphasized that the compacts would not reduce standards and would strengthen public protection through shared disciplinary databases and streamlined credentialing. There was also testimony on bills to ensure safe medication administration and to protect the independence of complementary and alternative health care practitioners. Nursing representatives urged that only licensed professionals administer medications in hospitals, hospices, and home care settings, warning that delegation to unlicensed staff could endanger patients and nurses’ licenses. A complementary and alternative care witness supported consumer access with mandatory disclosures and limits on reserved medical acts. On the dental compact, witnesses were split: some supported portability and workforce flexibility, while others warned the compact lacked a hands-on skills exam and could weaken Massachusetts’ regulatory authority and patient safety. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on the psychology compact, physical therapy compact, and physician assistant bills, with most speakers favoring expanded interstate practice and reduced administrative barriers.

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• practice, and the Attorney General may investigate and take any appropriate action pursuant to Title 44, Chapter
• Ask me about Title 32 reform sometime.
• All right, we'll move on up to 12:32. On up to 12:32. Where is that? There it is. There it is.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1803, which would regulate non-accredited veterans benefits claims assistance by prohibiting unrecognized agents or attorneys from preparing or prosecuting claims, limiting compensation practices, requiring written disclosures and cancellation rights, and making violations subject to Attorney General enforcement. Supporters, including the sponsor and several veterans, said the bill would create needed guardrails against predatory actors while preserving veterans’ choice to use free or paid help. Opponents and some neutral testimony, including a VA-accredited attorney and representatives of the VFW and American Legion, argued the bill still lacked sufficient protections, raised federal preemption concerns, and should require VA accreditation instead. After debate over fees, back pay, and the availability of free services, the committee adopted an amendment and gave SB 1803 a do pass recommendation by a 5-2 vote. The committee then heard SB 1232, a strike-everything amendment dealing with outdoor advertising signs in military airport and ancillary military facility overlay zoning districts. The bill would allow signs on property with a military compatibility permit in areas otherwise treated as residential under a zoning designation, which the sponsor and property representatives said was needed to resolve an ADOT permitting loophole for a specific parcel near Luke Air Force Base and the Northern Parkway. Members questioned whether the change was narrowly tailored, whether other properties could be affected, and whether ADOT and federal highway beautification rules would be satisfied. After the amendment was adopted, the committee approved SB 1232 on a 4-3 vote, with several members saying they would reserve the right to change their votes on the floor. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1511, which would prohibit operation of a commercial motor vehicle in Arizona unless the operator can prove lawful presence in the United States and would allow impoundment if proof is not provided. The sponsor introduced the bill with a lengthy explanation of commercial driver licensing history and concerns about non-domiciled and limited-term CDLs, contrasting them with Canadian and Mexican commercial licensing arrangements. The transcript cuts off before testimony, questions, or any action on SB 1511.

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• For those 34 participants, we were able to graduate 32.
• It's an amazing rotation. 32 folks we were able to retain after 12 weeks of pre-apprenticeship.
• And from those 32, 21 got a full-time job for a whole year in a work placement, and the rest work back
• At the Indian Affairs Committee in Pinedale Chapter, it was mentioned that they're going to need three

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• happened in 2018, Senator, with the changeover. to Congressional District 7 and Congressional District 32
• That’s why you have Congressional District 7. of 32 that can upset what had been thought to be an effective
• There was a lawsuit brought by, I think, three NAACP units and a LULAC chapter, along with an incumbent
• name is Danielle McClellan, and I live in the Claremont neighborhood in Dallas, Congressional District 32

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Vote closed. 32<01:11:29.280><c> I.</c><01:11:30.000><c> 30.</c><01:11:30.400><c> No.</c> 32 I. 30.
• No. 32 I. 30. No.
• </c> Vote closed. 32 I. 30. No. Vote closed. 32 I. 30. No.
• :57.520><c> the</c><01:32:58.639><c> United</c><01:32:59.040><c> States,</c><01:33:00.080><c> weed</c

Keywords: 916, all

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• Specifically, there were 32 projects that were articulated in the General Appropriation Act, an additional
• To date, 30 of 32 projects have been committed.
• Starting about 2023, we had about a 32% response rate, and it's declined down to about 17%.
• Well, I think there could be things changed in Chapter 36 that give districts more recourse, maybe, or
• Well, I mean, they could just be a boilerplate Chapter 36 district, but if you wanted to tailor it for

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

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• ><c> have</c><01:32:12.400><c> a</c><01:32:12.719><c> we</c><01:32:12.960><c> do</c><01:32:13.199><c>
• </c><01:32:18.080><c> them</c><01:32:18.400><c> every</c><01:32:18.719><c> three</c><01:32:19.159><c>
• We just<01:32:20.960><c> this</c><01:32:21.280><c> past</c><01:32:21.600><c> year</c><01:32:22.000><c
• :32:25.760><c> code</c><01:32:26.080><c> review</c><01:32:26.480><c> board</c><01:32:26.800><c> has</

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The practice of accounting has certainly changed a lot in the last 32 years, and the statutes And the
• The bill amends Title 39 of the Idaho Code by adding a new chapter 69 titled Human Fetal Tissue and Products

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

Keywords: 989, all

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• It showed a whopping 32 million dollar loss because of strike activity because of cancellations.
• This bill repeals the repeal Section 18 of chapter 2025. Dash 100 from HB 999, Mr. Chair.

Committee: House Commerce Committee

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• An act relating to the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act and adding a new chapter to Title 61 RCW.
• President, 32 yea, 17 nay.

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, colors, pledge, and a prayer by Sikh youth leader Gertit Singh Cocher, followed by recognition of guests from the Sikh Coalition and Kalsa Germath Center. The chamber approved the journal and then adopted Senate Resolution 8678 honoring the Chimicum High School Marching Band for being selected as Washington’s representative in the 2026 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C.; senators praised the band’s dedication and rural-school achievement, and the band was recognized in the gallery. The Senate then confirmed two gubernatorial appointments by 49-0 votes: Ryan Moran as Director of the Health Care Authority and Dennis Worsham as Secretary of the Department of Health. Supporters highlighted Moran’s Medicaid and health system background and Worsham’s long public health career, including local health leadership and work on HIV/AIDS and community health. The chamber also advanced and passed Senate Bill 6011, expanding court bailiff authority to conduct threat assessments for the Court of Appeals, and Senate Bill 5831, creating safe harbors related to mortgage modification recording requirements. Several bills were debated and passed after amendment votes. Senate Bill 6188, concerning Labor and Industries’ asbestos training and certification rules, saw an amendment to align with federal standards rejected and then passed 38-19. Substitute Senate Bill 5917, dealing with access to abortion medications through the Department of Corrections pharmacy, had multiple proposed amendments rejected before passing 32-17 after extensive debate over access, labeling, distribution limits, and emergency status. The Senate also adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 6024 on developmental disability services confidentiality, then passed the bill 48-0-1 excused; passed Substitute Senate Bill 6091 on residential property marketing and fair housing by 49-0; and passed Substitute Senate Bill 5840 adjusting campaign finance expenditure reporting deadlines by 46-3. The body then recessed for caucus and lunch.

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• I'm the director of the Sierra Club's Rio Grande chapter.
• say, Madam Chair, that we definitely have food distributions within Los Alamos as well as the other 32

Bills: SB66 , SB79 , SB108

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Keywords: environment, cleanup, contamination, uranium mining, abandoned sites, state funding, mosquito control, public health, surveillance, prevention funds, local government grants, food security, agriculture, food bank, regional program, appropriation, 996, all

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• Citizen would raise an objection to the Bible Prep, citing Genesis and they first late Chapter 19 versus
• The challenge I've been teaching for 32 years.

Committee: House Education & Employment Committee

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• They're our standards in chapter 27. That outline what indigent means.
• Candice Brower, Regional Council for North Florida, that the first region, 32 counties in North Florida

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• know, the multi report is required and there are they implementing statute for managing entities Chapter
• program serves almost 4,000 individuals last fiscal year. 24, 25 expenditures increased slightly to about 32

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• Martin Luther King Elementary School in Senate District 32. You're welcome to visit.
• And then I'll go read the book, if I don't skip to the last chapter and read that first.

Summary: The Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 held a panel discussion on artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Dr. Maya Israel of the University of Florida gave an overview of AI literacy, emphasizing that AI can support personalized learning, school operations, and teacher efficiency, but also raises concerns about data privacy, overreliance, mental health, and the need for human oversight. She described the Florida K-12 AI Task Force, which has produced guidance on policy, ethics, privacy, cybersecurity, classroom integration, and professional development, and is now working on district surveys, webinars, case studies, and teacher/family resources. Superintendents Van Ayers of Hillsborough County and Kevin Hendrick of Pinellas County described district-level implementation. Hillsborough outlined a governance council, a district AI policy, and an implementation guide; it prohibits generative AI for students below eighth grade, allows limited use for older students with teacher permission and district-vetted tools, and uses models for classroom AI expectations. The district also reported growing student enrollment in AI courses, teacher training through summer academies and quick learns, and pilots with tools such as Magic School and Microsoft Copilot. Pinellas emphasized academic integrity, student data privacy, digital responsibility, and the importance of human interaction in learning; it said state assessments already limit technology use and that districts need clear governance and parent transparency. Committee members asked about whether AI improves academic performance, the risk of student dependence, the possibility of returning to more paper-based testing, and who should set guardrails. Witnesses said reliable achievement data is still limited because the technology is new, though districts reported anecdotal gains in tutoring and early literacy. They also said there is no established statewide baseline for teacher AI training yet, so districts are using professional development, stipends, and partnerships with universities to build capacity. The committee also heard from Drew Andrew of FSU’s Inspire program, who argued that industry is moving faster than schools and that education should focus on teaching how AI works, building teacher confidence, and aligning training with workforce needs. No bills were considered and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted.