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• I work with them every single day.
• in the foster care system.
• When they meet that level of care, to be clear, just because you meet the level of care does not mean
• We were denied necessary medical care.
• to day.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill seeks to reduce the timeline for presumption of paternity from 300 days to 90 days.
• This bill seeks to reduce the timeline for presumption of paternity from 300 days to 90 days.
• to 90 days.
• But if I said it to 30 days... ...the odds of you having a baby within 30 days of a divorce.
• At 30 days, it should be assumed. 60 days, it should be assumed. 90.

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 718, which would limit liability for landowners who allow free use of private property for aeronautical activities at non-public airports. The author said the bill was modeled on Arkansas law and was intended to help private airstrips. After brief questions about fees and the effective date, the bill was reported favorably without objection. House Bill 134, dealing with material harmful to minors online, was then amended to clarify that interactive computer services may not deliver harmful material to minor accounts they created, while removing algorithm restrictions and cure language; it was reported as amended. House Bill 410, which would require notification before recording direct in-person conversations, drew substantial testimony. The author said the bill was aimed at privacy concerns raised by wearable AI devices and hidden recording tools, and the adopted amendments changed the measure from consent to notification and added exceptions for first responders, evidence preservation, civil or administrative proceedings, criminal matters, and recordings in one’s own residence. Supporters said the bill protected ordinary people from secret recordings, while opponents warned it could chill family-law recordings, citizen journalism, HOA disputes, and other legitimate uses. The bill was ultimately reported as amended. House Bill 318, which would reduce the presumption of paternity period from 300 days to 150 days, was heavily criticized by family-law practitioners and a law professor who said the current 300-day rule tracks gestation and that shortening it would shift burdens onto mothers; the author then voluntarily deferred the bill. A companion study resolution, HCR 19, directing the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the presumption of parentage, was reported favorably. The committee also heard House Bill 970 on competing custody orders. The author described cases where different courts issued conflicting custody rulings for the same child, but judges and attorneys raised concerns about the bill’s “earliest order controls” rule, its effect on out-of-state orders, protective orders, and the lack of a clear mechanism for judges to discover prior orders. After testimony from judges and committee discussion about possible fixes and a unified filing system, the bill was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 163, another private-airstrip liability bill, was reported favorably, and House Bill 170 and House Bill 194, both dealing with construction/design professional contracts and preemptive periods, were reported as amended or favorably after testimony that they would align design-professional rules with contractor rules and keep Louisiana projects under Louisiana law. House Bill 254, limiting acts of donation of motor vehicles to certain relatives and charities, was reported as amended after discussion about tax treatment and possible loopholes. Finally, the committee began House Bill 485, a proposed constitutional amendment declaring parental rights fundamental and subjecting government restrictions to strict scrutiny. Supporters argued it would protect parents’ authority over children’s upbringing, education, care, and control, while opponents said the language was overly broad and could complicate child welfare, public health, and school safety measures. The author said the amendment would not protect abuse or neglect and was meant to ensure government interference meets strict scrutiny, but the transcript cuts off before final action on the measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• How is that affecting the consumer at the end of the day?
• The needs of our consumers are changing every single day.
• As someone who works in health care, I see every day that survival is not the only goal.
• There was nothing for women back in those days.
• We know how to take care of them.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee considered a lengthy agenda of bills covering consumer lending, insurance coverage, professional scope of practice, property tax administration, digital assets, and aviation tax policy. The committee first approved prior committee amendments, then heard SB 1689 on consumer loan thresholds and rates. After sponsor testimony that the bill modernizes outdated lending caps and lowers rates on larger loans, the committee adopted an amendment but the bill failed on a 3-1 vote, with Senator Epstein arguing the structure would shift costs onto smaller borrowers. The committee then passed several health-related measures. SB 1347, requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, was amended and passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor and cancer survivors; Senator Epstein opposed the religious-employer definition. SB 1165, eliminating cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams, passed 5-1 after testimony from Senator Angus and Susan G. Komen, with supporters saying it would reduce barriers to follow-up screening. SB 1212, barring insurers from reimbursing providers differently based on vaccination status, also passed 4-2 despite concerns that it could undermine vaccination incentive programs. Other bills advanced or failed after similar debate. SB 1206, addressing contractor and public adjuster conduct after property losses, passed 5-1 with an amendment and support from State Farm. SB 1291, limiting county reassessment and inspections of agricultural property for four years after a successful appeal, passed 5-1 over assessor opposition and farm group support. SB 1649, creating a digital assets strategic reserve fund, passed 4-2 after debate over civil asset forfeiture and whether crypto should be treated as a strategic reserve. SB 1516, expanding an aviation-related tax exemption to aircraft maintenance and repair property, passed 4-1 amid sharp disagreement over whether it was economic development or a tax break for private jets. SB 1554, changing chiropractic statutory language from x-rays to diagnostic imaging, initially failed 3-3 but was reconsidered and later passed 3-2 after additional discussion about its practical effect.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's footage is already taken care of.
• </c> don't want them to be at 100% the day don't want them to be at 100% the day they<00:10:59.760><c
• </c> I mean they can't take care of it. I mean they can't take care of it.
• </c> care of them. care of them.
• </c> where they can go through and take care where they can go through and take care of<00:31:45.560>

Bills: HB0034 , HB0035 , HB0036 , HB0106

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:40:50.240><c> And</c> days to find that information. And days to find that information.
• </c> a bracelet that I wear every day. a bracelet that I wear every day.
• <c> license</c> care facility providing care license care facility providing care license pursuant<03
• Um in anybody who delays care.
• </c> that care. that care. Thank<03:20:36.239><c> you.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c> utilized to assist with the day-to-day utilized to assist with the day-to-day expenses<00:58:14.960
• </c><00:59:41.920><c> it</c> assistance and medical care it assistance and medical care it absolutely
• </c> advocate within 30 days after placement. advocate within 30 days after placement.
• I think you read that cultural foster care means a specialized foster care system.
• It's not even Halloween day.'

Committee: House Children and Family Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• please rise for the opening prayer to be given by Jake Smith from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
• Jake Smith: Our Father in Heaven, we come before you this day and express our gratitude for thy many
• President: The doctor of the day President: is Daniel Montero, sponsored by Senator Bradley.
• bias in emergency care settings.
• President: Without objection, show the Senate is now adjourned for the day.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our Father in heaven, we come before you this day and express our gratitude for thy many blessings.
• The doctor of the day is Daniel Montero, sponsored by Senator Bradley.
• care settings.
• Currently, foster care agencies can apply for the benefits on behalf of foster youths.
• Without objection, show the Senate is now adjourned for the day.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But at the end of the day... ...exactly how to establish the metrics, but at the end of the day, hearing
• They've set aside these dollars and they want to do on. that someone cares about them, the state cares
• and day-out basis.
• TLCCA represents thousands of licensed child care programs, licensed home care providers, owners, directors
• Prior to 2019, in the passage of House Bill 3, licensed child care programs and home care providers around

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 convened with a quorum, adopted its committee rules, and heard opening remarks from members introducing staff and outlining priorities for the session. Members from both parties emphasized education as a major issue, while several Republicans framed the committee’s work around school choice and parent empowerment. Senator West and other Democrats stressed protecting public schools, listening to Texans, and considering the effects of vouchers or education savings accounts on school districts and communities. Chairman Creighton laid out Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, describing it as a universal education savings account program modeled on similar programs in other states. He said the bill would provide about $200 million for a universal eligibility pool and additional funding for students with disabilities and lower-income families, with priority weighting for former public school students. He also highlighted anti-fraud measures, vendor pre-approval, criminal background checks, cybersecurity protections, annual testing requirements for participating students, and the use of the Comptroller rather than TEA to administer the program. Creighton repeatedly said the bill is not a voucher and argued it would not take money from public schools, which he said would receive separate historic funding increases. Members questioned Creighton about the 500% of federal poverty line definition, the adequacy of the $10,000 ESA amount, whether the program would favor students already in private school, how microschools and homeschool pods would fit, and whether the bill protects religious liberty and private-school autonomy. Democrats raised concerns about disability protections, 504 students, foster children, public-school funding, open records, and the historical context of vouchers. Republicans generally supported the bill as a way to expand options for parents and students, while also asking about administration, fraud prevention, and data security. After member questions, the committee began invited testimony, with EdChoice President Robert Inlow presenting in support of SB 2 and citing the growth and reported success of school choice programs nationwide.

Transcript Highlights:

• system and to contribute to the greater health care environment.
• And to contribute to the greater health care environment. Thank you all for being here.
• Every unnecessary administrative requirement diverts staff from patient care.
• Every unnecessary administrative requirement diverts staff from patient care.
• That's where their babies are, and they will be taken care of best.

Committee: Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met and first recognized Physical Therapy Day at the Capitol, welcoming Arizona physical therapy leaders and students. The committee then took up several bills related to SNAP, health care regulation, child welfare, dementia services, and safe haven newborn surrender. SB 1334 would bar DES from seeking or renewing SNAP work-requirement waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents unless required by federal or state law; supporters said it would curb administrative expansion and opponents argued it would reduce flexibility during high unemployment and harm food-insecure Arizonans. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 4-1 vote. SB 1333 would require DES to reduce the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030, with annual reporting, corrective action plans, Auditor General oversight, and possible funding penalties if targets are missed. After adopting a committee amendment changing reporting to quarterly updates and replacing a forensic audit with a special audit, the committee approved the bill as amended on a 4-1 vote. SB 1331 would require able-bodied adults under 60 receiving SNAP to participate in mandatory employment and training unless exempt; proponents said it would strengthen work expectations, while opponents and DES raised concerns about administrative burden and food bank impacts. The bill passed 4-2, with members explaining no votes due to child care, rural access, and food insecurity concerns. The committee also advanced SB 1162, which clarifies DHS’s role in licensing and monitoring health care institutions and, as amended, requires DHS and AHCCCS/Access to coordinate to reduce duplicative oversight and report periodically to the legislature; it passed 6-0. SB 1017, requiring additional signatures and witness verification on emergency informed consent forms for surgical procedures, passed 4-2. SB 1149, which adds reporting and procedural requirements for DCS periodic review hearings, passed as amended 5-1. SB 1249, designating DHS as the lead agency on Alzheimer’s and dementia and creating a state plan and services program funded through lottery monies rather than the general fund after amendment, passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1253 clarified that a parent may surrender a newborn at the hospital of birth without leaving and returning, and requires updated safe-haven reporting; it passed 5-0, after testimony from hospital and safe-haven advocates in support. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And for our visitors who are here, we have a Doctor of the Day every day to make sure we are safe, but
• So our first Doctor of the Day, are to the state of Arizona.
• They've been here at opening day.
• They've been here at opening day.
• And then Aza Abusef, the executive director of CARE.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , and again, allowing to bring high-quality care closer to home.
• I'm all for taking care of a problem that we, that was in front of us.
• I'm all for taking care of a problem that we, that was in front of us.
• The kids are in our possession during those eight hours a day.
• It was a long day.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee opened with roll call and a review of special-session procedure: bills would be heard in filing order, with related school-lunch bills grouped together, and any bill advancing would require a motion, second, and majority vote to be introduced. Members also discussed that the committee was functioning much like a delayed-bills committee, with final referral to either Appropriations or Policy depending on the bill’s fiscal impact. The first major proposal was Senator Schibley’s bill to create a narrow, statewide Bank of North Dakota bridge-loan program for struggling nonprofit medical facilities, prompted by Jacobson Memorial Hospital’s financial crisis. He argued the hospital and surrounding EMS services could close without short-term help, while committee members questioned the added language, the population cap, the $10 million fund with $5 million per applicant limit, and whether the program could open the door to future requests. Representative Headland then presented two cleanup bills from the prior property-tax session: one to fix notice and tax-certification issues for local taxing districts, and another to correct how the primary residence credit is applied so taxpayers receive the full benefit rather than counties retaining part of the reimbursement. Members asked about township hearing timing, the estimated $10–15 million annual impact, and whether the credit issue could be fixed retroactively; Headland said the bill was intended to correct the problem going forward. Three school-lunch bills drew extensive discussion. Representative Vetter proposed a small administrative appropriation to add an FTE to help eligible families enroll in the existing free/reduced lunch program, saying the goal was to ensure needy children are signed up and that the state should not subsidize meals for wealthy families. Representative Nathe offered a broader bill mirroring the pending initiated measure but placing the program in statute instead of the Constitution, moving implementation up a year, and funding it with a one-time $65 million from the strategic investment fund; he said this would preserve legislative flexibility and avoid constitutional entrenchment. Representative Dressler proposed raising the state-funded eligibility threshold from 225% to 300% of poverty, arguing it would expand access while still preserving federal reimbursements and encouraging better enrollment systems. Members debated costs, future budget pressure, whether the bills set a precedent for responding to ballot measures, and whether the program should include breakfast and other operational details. Other proposals included Senator Powers’ bill to create a hyperbaric oxygen board and support rural access to hyperbaric chambers for wounds, concussions, PTSD, and other conditions; Representative Tolman’s reporting-requirements bill to force new or expanded programs to justify purpose, alternatives, evaluation methods, and full implementation costs; Representative Frelich’s bill addressing the ongoing redistricting litigation and what happens if the Supreme Court or lower courts alter the current map; and a bill requested by the Public Service Commission and ITD for FERC litigation support and ADA website/document compliance. The committee also heard a rural-health eligibility bill from Representative Twait aimed at steering federal rural health dollars toward rural providers, with questions focused on whether the mileage limits would exclude some communities. One Holocaust education item was deferred until the sponsor could be located.

Transcript Highlights:

• Like, get out of criminal and get into care.
• So that's actually... ...into the Care Court system, right?
• Like, get out of criminal and get into care.
• It is something our residents and businesses must deal with every day.
• We're seeing a lot on Discord these days.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public safety, juvenile justice, criminal procedure, and human trafficking. SB 1157 by Sen. Archuleta would create a framework for less restrictive juvenile placements in probation settings, with Judicial Council rules on issues such as insurance, staffing, background checks, notice to local governments, and zoning. Supporters, including county probation and local government representatives, said the bill would add needed oversight and safety standards; opponents argued it would impose rigid standards on a diverse continuum of community-based placements and that the Judicial Council was not the right body to set substantive program rules. The bill was discussed but no vote was taken at that point due to quorum issues. SB 1012 by Sen. Smallwood-Cuevas, the Fire Camp to Career Act, would connect incarcerated fire camp participants to state-approved apprenticeships and require apprenticeship programs to consider their prior training and experience. The author and supporters from labor, fire training, and formerly incarcerated workers described it as a fair pathway to stable careers and a way to recognize skills gained in conservation camps. Committee members generally supported the concept, with one member noting that certification should still require demonstrated competence. The bill was moved forward after discussion. SB 1306 by Sen. Cortese would align state law with federal exemptions for certain low-concentration GBL chemical mixtures used in semiconductor manufacturing and research, while leaving rules for pure GBL unchanged. Supporters said the bill would reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and help keep semiconductor work in California; there was no opposition testimony, and members described it as a practical measure. SB 1401 by Sen. Stern would align felony incompetent-to-stand-trial procedures with existing misdemeanor rules, including timelines, information-sharing, and conservatorship referral provisions. Supporters said it would improve treatment pathways and prevent people from being released without care, while opponents warned it would expand court control, weaken confidentiality, and reduce due process protections. The committee approved SB 1401 on a do-pass motion to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1027 by Sen. Strickland, which was amended to create a task force to study street prostitution, human trafficking, victim services, and related community impacts. Local officials and law enforcement supported the bill as a data-driven way to address trafficking and neighborhood harms, while some advocacy groups remained opposed to the bill as introduced and wanted to review the amendments. After discussion, the committee passed it as amended to the Governmental Organization Committee. Later, SB 1307 by Sen. Jones, dealing with fraudulent or forged real estate documents and clouded titles, was amended to focus on voiding false instruments in criminal cases; supporters said it would help victims clear title more quickly, and the bill was moved forward on a do-pass motion to the floor. The committee also heard the beginning of SB 1276 by Sen. Rubio, which would clarify that viewing live-streamed or AI-generated child sexual exploitation content is a crime; the author said it closes a loophole created by new technology, and supportive testimony began from child exploitation prosecutors and treatment specialists.

Transcript Highlights:

• Care services are being provided at higher costs.
• before are all of a sudden eligible for care.
• The Early Childhood Education and Care Department.
• care.
• Thank you all, members, for a really good day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Adult day care programs, nutritional support, and memory care.
• This service has saved lives and allowed Americans to receive care they need on their hardest days.
• they need on their hardest receive care they need on their hardest days<02:30:52.720><c> of</c><02:30
• And they do it every day, day in and day out because it's their job that they have chosen to do to keep
• on his bus every day.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They have care all day long. He can barely work.
• Child and adult foster care and adults day services still have a county component, and those are still
• </c> couple days ago. couple days ago.
• It was child and adult foster care and adult day service providers. Okay.
• This would from 30 days to 90 days.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And we remember this day what is heavy among us.
• </c><00:08:15.440><c> across</c> of lives knit together in care across of lives knit together in care
• </c><00:35:42.960><c> and</c> more than $1 billion in child care and more than $1 billion in child care
• That cost has skyrocketed of child care.
• </c> network of counties, managed care network of counties, managed care organizations,<00:58:10.440>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Those include secure units to support memory care needs.
• But even with that, we're only running about a 10-day timeline.
• Even if they just need little words of encouragement for the day.
• And they're able to take care of that resident.
• And then the day before, you have that committee meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Scott is looking to see which day she was excused from.
• Our residents deliver babies, care for the elderly, treat chronic disease, and manage complex acute care
• We went through the video quickly of those two days, and I think you were sick those two days.
• I don't know if you recall being sick those two days. Okay.
• It's a fun day in the Higher Ed Committee.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• each day they’d have a different flag.
• I asked my two mayors in my district; they don’t care.
• Gentleman from 14, care to close the debate. I’ll make one point.
• I also looked into the commercial name, and it's 45 days.
• to wait for the full 30 days in order to get their stuff taken care of.

Keywords: 989, all