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• Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American College of Nurse
• Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American College of Nurse
• and Gynecology, Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Association of Nurse
• Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American College of Nurse
• and Gynecology, Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Association of Nurse

Committee: House Children and Families

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• She grew up with her family in Oklahoma and later attended the University of Oklahoma School of Nursing
• In 1961, she moved to San Francisco and worked as a nurse at San Francisco General Hospital until her
• She led the first nurse sick-out in the U.S.
• health care for city nurses and their families.
• Beyond nursing, Deanna's passion and energy led her to work as a set decorator for Warner Brothers.

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several routine announcements. Senator Weber Pierson removed SB 977 from the consent calendar. The chamber then took up a series of gubernatorial appointments, including Irena Ortega to the Public Employment Relations Board, Monica Erickson as director of the Department of Human Services, Armin Mayor as senior deputy commissioner at the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and Uca Dunkay to the California State Lottery Commission; all were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls after brief presentations by Senator Grove. The Senate also considered several commemorative resolutions. SCR 152, by Senator Reyes, designated April 10, 2026 as Dolores Huerta Day. Senators from both parties spoke in support, praising Huerta’s lifelong labor, civil rights, and nonviolent organizing work, and noting her role in the farmworker movement and the contributions of Filipino farmworkers. The resolution passed unanimously. SR 91, by Senator González, recognized Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week; SCR 149, by Senator Valadares, marked World Autism Awareness Day and emphasized early intervention and adult services; and SCR 150, by Senator Choi, recognized National Librarian Day and the public value of librarians. Each of these resolutions was adopted with broad support. The Senate also passed SB 1078 by Senator Laird, an urgency measure giving Santa Cruz County voters the opportunity to consider a local tax increase above the combined local tax rate cap to help fund services, including medical services; the bill passed 29-9 on both urgency and final passage. SR 98 by Senator Wiener, designating Heat Pump Week in California, also passed with strong support, highlighting energy savings, emissions reductions, and the state’s electrification goals. After lifting the call, the chamber confirmed the earlier appointments and adopted the remaining consent calendar items without objection. The session ended with committee announcements and an adjournment in memory of Deanna Mooney, a nurse and community leader, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on April 20, 2026.

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• Every summer, Mary Liz would hire a nursing staff.
• We are aware of three nurses that were living on site for the summer. They are listed here.
• You had three nurses in the infirmary. There were Polish workers in the Polar Palace.
• You had three nurses that had been evacuated from the infirmary.
• They helped Richard get the infirmary nurses out.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Our suicide prevention program has been augmented pretty heavily.
• staff these programs and make sure that we're out there.
• A year ago, if you recall, we had suggested that that program.
• But we'd be happy to see this program reside elsewhere.
• insurance program.

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• She's also an alum of the Flynn Brown program and Dodie Lennon program.
• She's also an alum of the Flynn Brown program and Dodie Lennon program.
• Who would even pay for it, as the nurse constituent of the senator from District 12 had asked?
• And pay for it, as the nurse constituent of the Senator from District 12 had asked.
• Arizona has been awarded $167 million from the Federal Rural Health Transformation Program to improve

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call showing 27 present, and approval of the prior journal. Members then introduced guests, including representatives of the Arizona Fair Association, Mohave County fair staff, a constituent guest, a physician candidate shadowing a senator, Father David Myers, and the Doctor of the Day. The chamber also received messages and read a long list of bills placed on second reading. The Committee of the Whole considered three measures. SB 1268, a veterans property tax exemption cleanup bill, was explained as clarifying that the exemption applies to a veteran’s primary residence and, if jointly owned, still counts as 100 percent; it received a do pass recommendation. SB 1051, requiring hospitals to collect and report patient immigration-status information for accounting purposes, drew extensive debate. Supporters said it would improve accountability for hospital spending and taxpayer costs, while opponents argued it would intimidate patients, discourage care, burden hospitals, and target immigrants unfairly. Despite repeated points of order and appeals over germaneness and remarks, the bill advanced on a 16-13 vote. SB 1316, creating a rural health transformation fund process with public hearings and JLBC involvement, was presented as a transparency measure for roughly $167 million in federal rural health funds; supporters favored legislative input, while opponents said it added bureaucracy and could delay care. It advanced 17-13. The Committee of the Whole reported all three bills do pass, and the Senate adopted the report. HB 2792 was substituted for SB 1268 as an identical measure and passed with the emergency clause by a 29-1 vote. SB 1123 and SB 1145 also passed, and SB 1125, dealing with child safety and communication with tribal nations regarding group homes, passed unanimously 30-0. SB 1316 passed 17-13, and SB 1051 passed 17-13 after a lengthy floor debate in which supporters framed it as a fiscal/accountability measure and opponents called it harmful, anti-immigrant, and likely to deter medical care. The Senate then announced committee meetings for the next day and adjourned until Wednesday, February 11, 2026.

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• fiscal year 2027 from the State General Fund to the Department of Health Services to establish a grant program
• So this program, what does giving coverage or giving protection to health care workers?
• , technicians who work in these very special... ...physicians, doctors, nurses, technicians who work
• So is this seen as a pilot program, because I’m sure there’s much more need than 20?
• We help with trail management. ...diversity of programs.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for a grant program to help rural hospitals install enhanced radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony from an interventional cardiologist emphasized worker safety, reduced radiation exposure, and recruitment/retention of physicians, and the bill passed 10-0. SB 1154 provides $500,000 to ADOT for a traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon; local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel described heavy tourism, rising crashes, and the need for broader roadway improvements, and it passed 6-4. SB 1063 appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. 70 in the San Carlos Apache area; tribal leaders and law enforcement cited high fatality and injury rates, dangerous design features, and limited federal funding, and it also passed 6-4. The committee then approved SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy supported the measure as a way to generate dedicated revenue for park programs, and it passed 10-0. SCM 1001, as amended, urges naming SR 260 the Donald J. Trump Highway through the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names rather than ADOT; the memorial drew sharply divided testimony and debate, but it passed 6-4. Finally, SB 1209 exempts homeless individuals and those using shelter addresses from non-operating ID fees and extends the validity period for those IDs to eight years; advocates said the change would help people obtain housing, jobs, and services, and it passed 9-0.

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• scholarships, public safety, water and wastewater management, preservation of land, environmental programs
• Tribal court systems, alcohol abuse, culture and language preservation, and capital improvement programs
• We are especially proud of our educational program, and any family in San Diego Pueblo. look and send
• We have chosen instead to use the gaming revenues to create programs that work for our people and to
• During one of those diagnostic tests, my blood pressure dropped so low that my nurse later told me it

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• providers and the actual and the program providers and the actual and the programs<00:42:00.520><c>
• um a teacher programs themselves um a teacher preparation<00:42:02.720><c> program</c><00:42:03.119>
• </c> districts and preparation program districts and preparation program providers<00:43:07.400><c> so
• There's kindergarten through grade 12 programming as well as transitions programming.
• well as grade 12 programming as well as transitions<00:48:33.680><c> programming</c><00:48:34.240><c

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Second reading of bills: SB 1109, transition program eligibility; dangerous offenses.
• SB 1169, appropriations graduate medical education program.
• SB 1224, DES child care pilot program. SB 1225, pharmacies cost sharing requirement rebates.
• SB 1264, ESA program performance review determination.
• SB 1264 ESA program performance review determination. Education.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Idaho's cosmetology program costs anywhere from $6,000 to $10,000 more than states with lower programs
• So we don't change our training for longer programs or shorter programs, actually.
• and 2,000-hour programs.
• Federal Title IV funding is tied directly to program length.
• Federal Title IV funding is tied directly to program length.

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

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• AB 2185 updates our affordable housing programs in line with how homes are being built today.
• for Pell Grants to include short-term workforce training programs.
• hardening measures, including defensible space, that can be implemented during the program.
• AB 1858 establishes a pilot program centered AB 1858 establishes a pilot program.
• This bill codifies Engaged California as a permanent statewide public engagement program.

Summary: The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay caused by the absence of a quorum, then proceeded with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated attack at the Islamic Center in San Diego, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Speaker pro tempore then moved through the daily file, repeatedly urging members to be on time and at their desks as the House of Origin deadline approached. Procedural actions included dispensing with the journal, deferring some items, and moving AB 1667 to the inactive file. The bulk of the session was devoted to floor consideration of many bills, most of which passed with little or no opposition. Measures approved included bills on artificial intelligence provenance information (AB 2713), community college trustee compensation (AB 2528), transit camera enforcement and privacy (AB 1837), excess proceeds claims in taxation (AB 2705), HOA technical cleanup (AB 1892), hepatitis C treatment access (AB 1843), child care planning in local general plans (AB 1914), greenhouse energy code flexibility (AB 2200), rent-now-pay-later consumer protections (AB 2350), housing cleanup and density bonus measures (including AB 2390, AB 2480, AB 1567, AB 1751, and others), spay/neuter access (AB 2010), workforce housing financing tools (AB 2110), supportive housing and homelessness-related changes (AB 2146), mental health and health plan notification measures (AB 1598, AB 2613), student aid and education bills (AB 1534, AB 1636, AB 1669, AB 1728, AB 1784, AB 1871), public safety and criminal justice bills (AB 1546, AB 1572, AB 1872, AB 1877, AB 1932), and several health and social services measures (AB 1602, AB 1628, AB 1680, AB 1825, AB 1845, AB 1906, AB 1907, AB 1925). Most bills were described as support measures, often with bipartisan backing and no opposition, and passed by wide margins. A few bills drew more discussion, especially AB 1751, a housing/townhome bill that sparked extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, stakeholder engagement, and whether the measure could depress pay for construction trades; despite concerns and an opposition speech, it ultimately passed 44-0. AB 1793, which would allow symmetrical rounding of cash transactions to the nearest nickel in light of the penny’s phaseout, also drew light debate and passed 47-1. AB 1932, an urgency measure expanding community-based crisis response, passed with one no vote on both the urgency and the bill. Several urgency or 54-vote bills, including AB 1534 and AB 1932, required later roll calls or calls to be lifted, but all measures described in the transcript were ultimately approved.

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• good program or a bad program, Regardless of where we stand on whether we think NICA is a good program
• But if they are not paying into the program, they should not get the benefits of the program.
• what you want the program to do.
• They did that in 1988 with this program. They did it with the vaccine program.
• They did that in 1988 with this program. They did it with the vaccine program.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's a really great program, especially for those rural hospitals.
• This bill continues the Arizona Competes Fund program indefinitely.
• This bill continues the Arizona Competes Fund program indefinitely.
• This bill continues the Arizona Competes Fund program indefinitely.
• It's managing the wolf program, and what we're trying to get is we're trying to minimize the wolf program

Summary: The meeting was a rapid bill review caucus with the chair emphasizing a hard stop before 11 a.m. and asking members to keep questions brief. A large number of bills were introduced or summarized, with many placed on third-read consent or consent calendars and several receiving brief sponsor explanations. The topics ranged widely, but much of the discussion centered on artificial intelligence, education, health care, water policy, state land management, commerce, transportation, public safety, and local government finance. In the AI and education sections, members heard bills requiring disclosure when minors interact with AI, allowing AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, creating an AI education program, recognizing certain AI communications as privileged, and requiring schools to teach AI ethics and basic prompting. Other education measures addressed superintendent employment rules, school district oversight, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal and prenatal development standards, and a resolution expanding race- and ethnicity-based nondiscrimination rules in public education. Health-related bills included funding and oversight for ESA administration, childhood cancer research grants, health facility licensure and complaint timelines, a firefighter cancer registry, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and a bill criminalizing nonconsensual abortion-inducing drugs. The committee also reviewed many land, water, and natural resources bills, including measures on groundwater transportation fees, assured water supply reviews, water hauling, state land audits and oversight, solar and mining land-use mapping, and state land disposition planning. Several bills focused on wildlife and ranching, such as landowner permits for deer and wolves, expanding predatory animal definitions, and a memorial urging federal reform of the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Conservation Act. Transportation and public safety bills covered towing regulation, DUI interlock rules, motorcycle lane splitting/filtering, digital driver licenses, and a resolution on tax and fee increases for municipalities and counties. Members asked a number of questions on controversial items, especially the municipal tax/fee moratorium, water policy, and state land governance, but no roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply advanced or noted as consent-calendar measures, with one bill (HB 2913) being pulled from consent for further discussion.

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• Other programs also discourage marriage, programs that you would lose eligibility for if both parents
• Other programs also discourage marriage, programs that you would lose eligibility for if both parents
• that also discourage other programs that also discourage marriage<05:42:11.520><c> programs</c><05:42
• </c><05:42:20.920><c> the</c> child are the food share programs the child are the food share programs
• </c> seeming to subsidize or set up programs seeming to subsidize or set up programs with<05:45:54.040

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• But, and I also, you know, represent the nurses.
• We have a lot of travel nurses that do long-term stay in a lot of these parks as they move around the
• But, and I also, you know, represent the nurses.
• We have a lot of travel nurses that do long-term stay in a lot of these parks as they move around the
• But, and I also, you know, represent the nurses.

Committee: House Government Efficiency

Summary: The Committee on Government Efficiency held a public hearing on House Bill 2809, sponsored by Representative Knight, which would exempt long-term RV campground stays of 30 consecutive days or more from state and local sales tax. Knight said the bill responds to a Department of Revenue ruling and is intended to treat long-term RV site rentals more like other long-term lodging, noting that many full-time RV users are effectively living in their units. Committee members asked about the tax treatment, the fiscal impact, and whether the bill was aimed at camping and campground stays generally; Knight and witnesses said the issue has created confusion for campground operators and customers. Supporters included the Missouri Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, Associated Industries of Missouri, and the Missouri Canoe and Floaters Association. They argued the Department of Revenue’s rulings have been inconsistent and have sometimes labeled campgrounds as places of amusement or recreation based on amenities or activities such as cornhole, karaoke, or nearby trails, leading to surprise tax bills and competitive disadvantages for some operators. Witnesses said a legislative fix is needed, that campgrounds operate on thin margins, and that the change would help Missouri remain competitive with other states. They also said long-term RV guests, including travel nurses and workers staying near Fort Leonard Wood, would benefit from the exemption. Committee members largely expressed support and frustration with the Department of Revenue’s interpretation, comparing campground sites to other long-term rentals and noting the lack of a clear standard. No one testified in opposition. The hearing concluded without a vote or other action on the bill.

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• We're an electrical apprenticeship program.
• trade school, uh completed a IBEW sponsored<00:01:49.880><c> apprenticeship</c><00:01:50.600><c> program
• </c><00:01:51.840><c> I</c> sponsored apprenticeship program. I sponsored apprenticeship program.
• </c><00:02:10.759><c> So</c> uh oversee an apprenticeship program.
• So uh oversee an apprenticeship program.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He said the amendment exempted nursing homes, but opening a skilled nursing facility right next to a
• nursing home is going to hurt that nursing home.
• nursing know the amendment Exempted nursing homes<00:49:43.960><c> but</c><00:49:44.520><c> opening</
• a Skilled Nursing homes but opening a Skilled Nursing Facility<00:49:47.000><c> right</c><00:49:47.240
• > going to hurt that nursing home it is going to hurt that nursing home it is cherry-picking<00:49:53.640

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That is 100% taxpayer dollars in a state budget that we are looking at cuts to nursing homes.
• That is 100% taxpayer dollars in a state budget that we are looking at cuts to nursing homes.
• That is 100% taxpayer dollars in a state budget that we are looking at cuts to nursing homes.
• And we're looking at cuts<00:05:12.560><c> to</c><00:05:13.039><c> nursing</c><00:05:13.440><c> homes
• </c><00:05:13.840><c> and</c><00:05:14.160><c> other</c><00:05:14.639><c> health</c> cuts to nursing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> physicians for skilled nursing physicians for skilled nursing facilities<00:09:21.760><c> um</c>
• We had Scotty and a nurse there.
• </c> the the pilot program? the the pilot program?
• So, I know it's a whole new program. So, I know it's a whole new program.
• <01:21:35.760><c> blank</c><01:21:36.159><c> appropriation</c> program blank appropriation program blank

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint HHS and LBT meeting opened with accessibility concerns, as several blind attendees arrived after the general public had already been seated. The chair apologized and said future hearings would try to seat blind members earlier. The committee also announced the hearing was being streamed on YouTube, testimony would be limited to one minute, and written testimony was available online. The first bill heard was SB 2281, relating to the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The Department of Health supported transparency for patients but preferred disclosure through provider websites and office signage rather than a new regulatory program. The Hawaii Medical Association and Healthcare Association of Hawaii generally supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about administrative burden and suggested a working group or model policies. Hawaii Pacific Health said it already uses AI for note-taking and patient portal functions and worried that written notice requirements could create too much consumer information. In response, the chair emphasized that patients should be informed when AI is used, especially if it affects diagnosis or consequential decisions, and said AI should not be making medical decisions. The committee later voted to recommend SB 2281 pass with amendments, including narrowing the definition of consequential decisions, removing certain language requested by DOH, adding a two-year implementation period, and setting a far-future defective date for further discussion; both committees adopted the recommendation, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting with reservations. The second major bill was SB 2852, a civil rights measure focused on digital access for people with disabilities. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii all supported the bill, arguing that existing law clearly protects physical access but should also make digital access explicit. Blind testifiers described how accessible technology, such as VoiceOver on iPhones, allows them to participate independently in public processes and warned that inaccessible digital systems can create barriers for thousands of blind residents. One testifier, an attorney with disability-law experience, supported the bill’s intent but said the draft had flaws, including no exceptions for archived materials, no distinction between small and large businesses, and concerns about the timing and choice of accessibility standards; he suggested delegating regulatory authority to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission. The bill’s sponsor said he supported DAB’s proposed amendments, and the committee indicated those amendments would address many of the concerns raised. No final vote on SB 2852 was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up SB 2751, which defines compounded prescription drugs for workers’ compensation purposes. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported the bill but requested clarifying amendments to keep pharmacists as the primary professionals authorized to compound in licensed pharmacies and to limit any physician compounding authority to the physician’s own patient. Supporters included the Work Injury Medical Association of Hawaii, while Solera Integrated Medical Solutions opposed the measure, arguing the current definition was already broad enough and warning about cost inflation, especially with 503B bulk compounding facilities and physician dispensing. In questioning, members asked about rural access, reimbursement for 503B products, and late testimony suggesting definitions for 503A and 503B facilities, limits on physician dispensing to 30 days post-injury, and pre-approval for non-FDA-approved drugs. DLIR said not every rural community has licensed pharmacists available, that products with a national drug code are reimbursed at 140%, and that 503B facilities raise concerns because they are bulk manufacturers rather than patient-specific compounding operations. The meeting then moved into decision-making on SB 2281; the chair’s pass-with-amendments recommendation was adopted by both committees, with the vice chair voting with reservations.

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• SB 772 Cabaldon infill infrastructure grant program two-year bill.
• SB 550 Cortese, Legal Education Pilot Program, holding committee. SB 551 Cortese.
• SB 69 McNerney DOJ AI program holding.
• SB 35 Umberg, Unlicensed Alcohol and Drug Programs, hold in committee.
• SB 83 Umberg, Alcohol and Drug Program Violations. Do pass out on an a-roll call.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all