Transcript Highlights:

• </c> called what call a defensive adjustment called what call a defensive adjustment of<01:07:34.520>
• 01:42:58.360><c> an</c><01:42:58.560><c> exemption</c><01:42:59.080><c> from</c><01:42:59.320><c> claims
• </c> different it's an exemption from claims different it's an exemption from claims of of of creditors
• should be the principal or primary residence, that would be where the definition would have to be adjusted
• should be the principal or primary residence, that would be where the definition would have to be adjusted

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committees heard HB 756 HD1, a measure on flavored tobacco products. Supporters included the Attorney General, Department of Health, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, youth advocates, public health groups, and Kaiser Permanente. They argued flavored tobacco and menthol are used to attract and addict young people, cited rising youth and young adult vaping rates, and pointed to public health harms and evidence from other states that flavor restrictions reduced e-cigarette sales. The Attorney General requested oral amendments to correct a statutory reference, repeal a county preemption provision so counties could enact stricter flavor bans, and restore appropriations, positions, and the original effective date. Opponents, including retail and wholesale businesses, argued the bill would hurt small businesses and state tax revenue, push sales to the black market, and remove a harm-reduction option for adult smokers; they urged stronger enforcement instead of a ban. After testimony, the committees took up amendments and recommendations. The chair proposed correcting the statutory citation to HRS 26-38, adopting a Department of Health amendment on disposal of electronic smoking devices and e-liquids as hazardous waste, and noting the appropriations, FTE, and effective date in the committee report. Members then voted to pass HB 756 HD1 with amendments in both committees, with the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee recording one member as supporting with reservations. The transcript then moved to HB 806, relating to fireworks, which would appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oʻahu to enforce fireworks laws. The Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying undercover enforcement is costly and additional funding is needed. A community testifier also supported stronger enforcement, citing illegal aerial fireworks, noise, and impacts on pets and kupuna. No final vote on HB 806 was shown in the excerpt. The Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee also heard HB 438, which would create a Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program to provide legal representation in immigration court for income-qualified individuals. Support came from civil rights, legal aid, ACLU, and law school clinic representatives, who said counsel is needed to ensure due process and fair access to justice, especially because immigration proceedings can lead to deportation and family separation. Opposition testifiers argued taxpayer-funded counsel for people in immigration proceedings is inappropriate, unlawful, or unfair to citizens and legal residents. One law school representative suggested a technical amendment to broaden language about training and education. The excerpt ends before a final vote on HB 438 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• 12 weeks, with an average claim being just under 8 weeks in length.
• who the claim correctly no matter who the employer<00:39:36.960><c> is.
• So I would say, you know, there are multiple layers of review on each claim.
• Are you talking about, you know, going back and auditing an individual claim per se?
• Uh we do credentials on all claims.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It barely showed inflation over the past five years, along with the adjustment factors that basic care
• Over the past five years, inflation exceeded the annual adjustment factor in three of the five years.
• Identified factors include the adjustment.
• Identified factors include the adjustment factor structure, projecting inflation two years out, margin
• It was claimed that they intended to work with MACOM Capital as the intermediary.

Committee: Joint Human Services

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee met in interim session and first approved the previous meeting minutes before receiving a series of presentations on homelessness and housing stability. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency updated members on the new Interagency Council on Homelessness, describing its executive-order mandate to review resources, gather input from stakeholders, identify gaps, and develop recommendations. She said the council’s first work is building a statewide program matrix of existing homeless services and funding sources, with attention to youth, tribal communities, and other vulnerable populations. Members raised concerns about youth homelessness, homeless veterans, and how the council will stay focused on a practical framework rather than getting lost in details. The committee also discussed possible connections to the rural health transformation grant and agreed to continue the topic later in the spring. Beth Olson of Presentation Partners in Housing described the organization’s housing-first model in Cass County and Clay County, including homeless prevention/diversion, housing navigation, and Cooper House, a 42-unit permanent supportive housing building in Fargo. She said the organization focuses on people with long-term and chronic homelessness, many with mental health, addiction, health, domestic violence, and Indigenous identity-related barriers, and reported strong outcomes: 85 of 86 people housed in 2025, 91% still housed after one year, and major reductions in emergency room use, ambulance rides, jail stays, detox days, and shelter use. She also explained that state funding has grown from a small share of the budget to about $1.1 million in state-connected funding for fiscal 2026, largely through contracts tied to supportive services. Members asked about vouchers, rent contributions at Cooper House, length of stay, and whether similar projects could be expanded elsewhere. Andrea Olson of the Community Action Partnership of North Dakota outlined statewide homeless and housing-related services delivered through six community action agencies in all 53 counties. She explained the Community Services Block Grant structure, said housing was identified as the top need in the most recent statewide needs assessment, and described programs including Supportive Services for Veteran Families, North Dakota Homeless Grant services, and Home ARP supportive services. She emphasized that the end of North Dakota Rent Help has increased pressure on the system, that the current $2 million annual homeless grant is far smaller than prior rent-help assistance, and that community action is using case management and financial assistance to move households toward self-sufficiency. Members asked about funding formulas, rural service delivery, and coordination with Presentation Partners to avoid duplication. YouthWorks then began a presentation on youth homelessness, describing services for ages 12 to 24, the special needs of youth and former foster youth, and the organization’s use of federal and state funds to support transitional housing, emergency shelter, maternity housing, and diversion services.

Transcript Highlights:

• The hotel has already paid $10,000 toward this claim in front of the Massachusetts Commission on Human
• um in front of the towards this claim um in front of the Massachusetts<00:57:37.920><c> uh</c><00:57
• machinery to make things to to adjust machinery to make things tight<01:43:31.360><c> enough</c><01:
• </c><03:14:17.359><c> or</c> New Hampshire to pursue a civil claim or New Hampshire to pursue a civil
• claim or they<03:14:18.000><c> were</c><03:14:18.239><c> denied</c><03:14:18.800><c> services?

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've already exceeded the inflation-adjusted amount for that... but I think it becomes a question of
• Bailey's agency can go to a contractor and say you have a complaint and you have a lien and you have a claim
• Klug: Once again, like I said, currently we don't have a good idea of what these expenditures and claims
• There were 45 claims, so 45 businesses got this tax expenditure.
• fiscal year 24, businesses received around $11.2 million in state support through the credit and 89 claims

Transcript Highlights:

• And we get away from all this, we've got to submit claims to the crime victim reparations and all that
• that oversight, versus us having to come set a fee every year as market conditions change, they can adjust
• I'm formally requesting that LDH provide a detailed transparency report on pharmacy claim rejections
• And if someone's making a claim that costs are going to go up because it rightfully scares employers,
• And I would, again, if they make this claim, I would love to see the math.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The committee first adopted the minutes from several prior 2025 meetings, then took up HB 574 by Rep. Spell, which updates the names of two organizations on the Mental Health Advocacy Service Board of Trustees. Rep. Spell explained it as a technical cleanup bill to correct the names of the Louisiana Mental Health Association and the Louisiana State Medical Society so the board’s membership records match current organization names. With no objections, HB 574 was reported favorably. The committee then heard HB 486, also by Rep. Spell, to join the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PsyPact) and allow Louisiana psychologists to provide telepsychology and temporary in-person services across state lines. Rep. Spell and PsyPact representatives said the compact would expand access to mental health care, especially in rural areas, while maintaining standards and disciplinary oversight. The committee adopted amendments on fees and the effective date, and HB 486 was reported favorably with amendments. HB 198 by Rep. Eccles proposed a Medicaid reimbursement methodology for ambulatory surgical centers, using a Medicare-based rate to improve access for Medicaid patients needing specialty procedures. Amendments were adopted to add ophthalmology-related services and to cap reimbursement at the lesser of the outpatient hospital rate or 100% of the Medicaid rate, along with a technical amendment to address the fiscal note. Supporters from GI and ASC groups said the bill would improve access and lower long-term costs, and the bill was reported favorably with amendments. The committee spent the most time on HB 182 by Rep. Travis Johnson, which would require hospitals to ensure access to sexual assault forensic exams and related training. Johnson, law enforcement witnesses, and the Attorney General’s office emphasized the need for timely evidence collection, especially in rural areas, and said the current system leaves victims traveling long distances or losing evidence. Hospital and coroner witnesses supported the goal but opposed the bill as written, arguing it could impose duties on hospitals without enough trained personnel, funding, or a workable statewide training and coordination system; they urged a statewide coordinator, mobile SANE units, and clearer implementation. The bill was not finally disposed of in the portion of the meeting provided, and members discussed continuing to work on amendments and timing before floor consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so, you know, maybe we can make an adjustment, you know, as it relates to kind of some interim days
• SB 96 is a contested excess judgments claim bill for local funds from the City of Gainesville, not from
• The state of Florida follows the majority of states and says, if you want to make a mental health claim
• sitting in jail for a week or two weeks to get in front of the probation sentencing judge before the claim
• sitting in jail for a week or two weeks to get in front of the probation sentencing judge before the claim

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and heard several announcements and recognitions, including remarks from the new Democratic caucus leader, Senator Berman, who emphasized bipartisan work on education, health care, the environment, and family issues. The chamber also recognized military leaders, an intern, and guests connected to later bills. No committee reports or executive messages were on the desk at the start of the session. The Senate then took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion substitutions and technical amendments. Major measures included the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which passed 36-0; a local government land regulation bill that was amended after questions about quasi-judicial hearings, impact fees, and county costs, then passed 26-8; a vessels/boating bill that incorporated related legislation and passed 35-0; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which passed 36-0; a fleeing or eluding law enforcement bill, amended to remove vehicle impoundment in the House version, which passed 36-0; a concealed carry/firearms bill for certain law enforcement and military personnel, which passed 33-3; and a timeshare management bill, which passed 36-0. The chamber also passed a disability history and awareness instruction bill, the Evan B. Hartzell Act, after extensive debate about language and the meaning of disability versus “unique abilities”; it received 35 co-sponsors and passed 35-0. Other bills passed included manufacturing and related fee legislation, public education on background screening requirements, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, Medicaid oversight, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, mammogram coverage, Parkinson’s disease, and others.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:35:14.320><c> in</c> work, we have got some adjustments in work, we have got some adjustments
• </c> does is removes the operating adjustment does is removes the operating adjustment from<00:57:38.640
• We continue that progress in this bill as we make adjustments to go forward.
• We continue that progress in this bill as we make adjustments to go forward.
• We continue that progress in this bill as we make adjustments to go forward.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• claimants so it would totally wipe out claimants so it would totally wipe out any<01:18:22.239><c> Claim
• by claimant monies would just any Claim by claimant monies would just go<01:18:24.920><c> to</c><01:
• I won't stand here and claim that this bill is a perfect solution, but it is the responsible one.
• </c> materialize I won't stand here and claim materialize I won't stand here and claim that<01:34:48.000
• </c><03:13:39.840><c> as</c> monitoring vetting and adjustments as monitoring vetting and adjustments

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:52:25.760><c> that</c> of that means the amount of claims that of that means the amount of claims
• That's your typical match, and that's done on a claim-by-claim basis, so you come in for an X-ray, for
• , so there's no dollar from the state in those particular claims.
• </c> that's done on a claim by claim basis so that's done on a claim by claim basis so you<01:03:01.960
• </c> government picks up 100% of that claim government picks up 100% of that claim so<01:03:52.680><c

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But then who adjusts it? Who is the one responsible for lowering that? Was it lowered?
• A school superintendent has the right to adjust it, but she also has the right to notify the school board
• There had been reports that there were two guns, and they're only claiming one, and so we really don't
• protection for the taxpayers, and in fact I think it's also a protection against lawsuits that could claim
• board wants them to report it. ...how that board wants them to report it instead of doing what you claim

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 4043, which would require each school district and charter school, beginning in 2027, to ensure at least one employee at each school is trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use. The sponsor said he intended to amend the bill on the floor to ensure someone is trained at all times and to clarify AED language. The American Heart Association testified neutral with concerns, supporting CPR training but warning the bill could leave gaps if only one person is trained and noting the need for AED access and emergency planning. Parents whose son died in an Arizona kindergarten classroom urged support, saying school staff should be prepared to respond to emergencies. The committee recommended the bill do pass by a vote of 7-1 with four present. The committee then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2015, as amended by a strike-everything amendment supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for students and prominent display of federal dietary guidelines. A representative of End Chronic Disease testified in favor, arguing schools should help prevent chronic disease through health education and physical activity. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then gave the resolution a due pass recommendation on a 12-0 roll call. House Bill 2621, in its strike-everything form and with a Garcia amendment, addressed enrollment and special education procedures for students in unorganized territory, students using certificates of educational convenience, and children of active-duty military parents. The sponsor explained the bill was meant to clarify confusing law, speed enrollment and evaluations, and reduce delays in services. Champions for Kids supported the measure and the amendments, and the committee adopted both amendments before recommending the bill do pass 11-0. The committee also approved House Bill 2385, which limits superintendent contracts to one-year terms for the first three years unless the superintendent has already been employed three consecutive years; the sponsor framed it as a way to reduce costly early buyouts. That bill passed 7-4. Later, the committee approved House Bill 4106, creating the One Arizona Service Fellowship Program to provide service opportunities, stipends, and tuition awards for young adults, with an amendment changing the stipend contribution formula. The sponsor and supporters described it as a state-based service model inspired by Utah and aimed at education, military families, parks, hunger, and homelessness work; some members opposed it as an unnecessary state mandate or questioned the need for a new program. The committee also passed House Bill 2992, as amended, establishing a pilot program on child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, expanded to K-12 and including grooming/exploitation content. A survivor advocate strongly supported the bill, while some members raised concerns about the funding source and possible unintended consequences. Finally, the committee passed House Bill 2370, which would require school leaders to notify governing boards before modifying weapons detection systems and to report changes within 24 hours; the sponsor cited a fatal school stabbing and other weapons incidents, while opponents argued the bill was too vague and could create operational problems. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 4056, allowing legislators making public records requests in their official capacity to avoid fees and requiring electronic production; the sponsor said it was needed after districts sought large fees, while opponents warned it could burden public agencies. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 2478, which would create an Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes to study K-12 accountability, finance, graduation requirements, and related issues, with proposed amendments to add early childhood study and change commission membership, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• The school superintendent states that she's the one who sets the standard, great, but then who adjusts
• The school superintendent notifying the school board before an adjustment is made.
• A school superintendent has the right to adjust it, but she also has the right to notify the school board
• There had been reports that there were two guns, and they're only claiming one, and so we really don't
• There had been reports that there were two guns, and they're only claiming one, and so we really don't

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• reimburse, um, if they can provide the receipts, so to speak, for the expenditures that they're claiming
• speak for the expenditures<00:46:50.200><c> that</c><00:46:50.359><c> they're</c><00:46:50.520><c> claiming
• </c><00:46:51.440><c> now</c> expenditures that they're claiming now expenditures that they're claiming
• to have them quarterly, so OGM's requirements are kind of the baseline, and then we have room to adjust
• adjust according to our needs the adjust according to our needs the progress<01:05:11.359><c> report<

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• can</c><01:04:06.119><c> uh</c> you can opt out of or you can uh you can opt out of or you can uh adjust
• There are default limits that you can opt out of or you can adjust. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• She is saying mandatory limits that cannot be adjusted or waived, so that would be the state of Minnesota
• And finally, I want to say before going into a few specifics of the bill, that is the proponent claim
• </c><01:34:37.960><c> this</c><01:34:38.159><c> drives</c> that is the proponent claim this drives that

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• students are able to eat more, we're required under the USDA for reimbursable meals so that we can claim
• students are able to eat more, we're required under the USDA for reimbursable meals so that we can claim
• students are able to eat more, we're required under the USDA for reimbursable meals so that we can claim
• students are able to eat more, we're required under the USDA for reimbursable meals so that we can claim
• One of the things we try to do is give the department enough time to pivot and make adjustments.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• And this would pretty much eliminate any form of, or any ability for, a person injured to seek a claim
• injured</c><00:20:12.840><c> to</c><00:20:13.159><c> seek</c><00:20:13.440><c> a</c><00:20:13.600><c> claim
• </c><00:20:14.400><c> and</c> for a person injured to seek a claim and for a person injured to seek a
• claim and and<00:20:14.960><c> under</c><00:20:15.280><c> this</c><00:20:15.480><c> instance</c><00:
• So I think that in relation to how we're going to appropriate the funds, that should be adjusted inside

Committee: House Water & Land

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. HB 114, concerning employment in the State Historic Preservation Program, drew support from DLNR, which said the measure would help retain qualified archaeologists, architects, and other professionals by preserving current pay levels for a limited number of positions. Members raised concerns about expanding exempt positions and the effect on union coverage, and DLNR said it was also working with DEHRD on longer-term reclassification issues. No vote was taken on the bill in the portion provided. HB 12, relating to tort liability, drew strong opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, which argued the bill would create overly broad immunity for landowners, conflict with Hawaii’s comparative fault framework, and undermine existing recreational liability law. Supporters said it would reduce liability concerns and encourage landowners to allow hiking, hunting, search-and-rescue training, and firearms-related uses on private land. The committee then moved on without any recorded vote in the excerpt. The committee also discussed HB 29 on counties, but no county representative was present, and members questioned whether the proposal should instead proceed through condemnation if it involved a forced sale. HB 175 on property maintenance received DLNR comments that the bill should be narrowed to noxious weeds and that fire-related provisions were more properly handled by county fire departments and the State Fire Marshal. HB 331 on permits drew support from several state agencies, but the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed it unless “repetitive construction” was defined more clearly; members and agencies discussed narrowing the bill to avoid unintended impacts on water and utility infrastructure. The committee also heard strong support for HB 3 on North Shore beach management, HB 309 on fish ponds, and HB 306 on water code penalties, though the Board of Water Supply raised concerns about increased fines and suggested an alternative governor’s bill and clearer administrative rules.

Transcript Highlights:

• A supplemental budget is an often annual legislative adjustment to an already enacted budget used to
• Speaker, what this amendment does is it adjusts the penalty that is described in the underlying bill
• Speaker, this amendment adjusts the crime victims' impact account with some dollars from elsewhere in
• Speaker, we have concentrated on adjusting and calibrating our laws and our policies and our budgets
• and that they’re ready to file those claims when they have a mass layoff.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2681 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SB5863 , SB5892 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , HB2711 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, approved the prior day’s minutes, and then moved through caucuses and a series of transportation, elections, energy, historical records, cannabis, abortion-access, and fiscal bills. Members repeatedly emphasized that several measures were supplemental or technical updates to existing law, while others involved larger policy disputes over taxes, fees, clean energy, election security, and reproductive health. The chamber also received Senate messages on other bills and briefly recessed for caucus during the day. The most prominent action was final passage of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6005, the supplemental transportation budget, after adopting a technical amendment and a larger striker amendment. Supporters highlighted preservation and maintenance funding, rail investments, ferry maintenance, road safety, and continued work on major projects statewide; opponents largely reserved comments or noted concerns about future needs. The House passed the bill 93-0 with five excused. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2711 on transportation resources, after adopting a technical amendment that removed the aircraft tax and delayed an RV-related tax change; supporters said it protected businesses and jobs, while opponents objected to trade-in treatment and other tax changes. That bill passed 83-10. On elections, the House considered Senate Bill 5892 to protect the voter registration database. An amendment to reduce penalties from a felony to a civil infraction and remove the emergency clause failed, while the committee amendment passed 50-34. Supporters said the bill was needed to safeguard sensitive voter data and clarify access; opponents argued it created conflicts with federal law and imposed excessive penalties on local election officials. The bill then passed 57-36. On energy, Substitute Senate Bill 5982 updating consumer-owned utility provisions drew debate over carbon capture, resource adequacy, data centers, and clean energy policy. Amendments on carbon capture and blackout-triggered termination failed, while an amendment preserving cogeneration exceptions passed; the bill then passed 57-37. The House also passed Senate Bill 5863 on preservation and inspection of state historical records, after rejecting an amendment to require longer retention but adopting the committee amendment; supporters stressed preserving the history of residential habilitation centers and the value to families seeking records. Substitute Senate Bill 5874, allowing the Employment Security Department to waive penalties for minor employer reporting errors, passed unanimously. Engrossed House Bill 2681, raising cannabis license fees while removing an escalator, passed 52-42. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5917 on access to abortion medications saw several failed amendments from opponents seeking to narrow, reframe, or add fiscal limits to the bill; supporters said it preserved flexibility to ensure access and avoid waste, and the bill passed 57-36.

Transcript Highlights:

• I think Kalshi now claims it's the first nationwide legal sports betting app.
• And I think Kalshi now claims it's the first nationwide legal sports betting app.
• And I think that's something to be applauded and this is one of the things we have to adjust because
• And I think that's something to be applauded and this is one of the things we have to adjust because
• And I think that's something to be applauded and this is one of the things we have to adjust because

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the Department of Toxic Substances Control the ability to enforce, as well as the flexibility to adjust
• Today, parents are often left relying on marketing claims and internet searches to understand what's
• A lot of what CARB has claimed for carbon reduction over the... ...that reduces emissions by up to 70%
• A lot of what CARB has claimed for carbon reduction over the last 15 years under LCFS is attributable

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think you're picking one part out of the bill and you claim it's already protected.
• I think you're picking one part out of the bill and you claim it's already protected.
• I say let's do as good of a job. you're picking one part out of the bill and you claim it's already protected
• That had gradually drifted off into needing some reforms and adjustments because that coordination and

Keywords: 959, house, all