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• that works to expand opportunities and promote well-being for all Californians, no matter the race, age
• It's enough to pay for almost three months of groceries for a mother and toddler.
• But this credit is only available to families with children ages 0 to 5.
• Families with children ages 0 to 5.
• Credit would also make sure that families get consistent support from this credit as their children age

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation held its first regular hearing of the 2025-26 session, adopted its proposed committee rules on a 5-0 vote, and reinstated a suspense file for bills with fiscal impacts over the committee threshold. The chair explained that only AB 418 would be eligible for an immediate vote, while several other measures would be held for suspense consideration because of budget constraints. AB 330 was pulled by the author. AB 418 by Wilson, which would create a clearer process and administrative remedy for county Chapter 8 tax sales, received support from county tax collectors and housing and taxpayer groups. Supporters said the bill would add transparency, due process, and a noticed public hearing for negotiated sales of tax-defaulted properties, while helping counties dispose of low-value or problematic properties more efficiently. The committee voted 6-0 to send AB 418 to Appropriations. Several other bills were heard and then referred to suspense: AB 27 by Chau, which would exclude Chiquita Canyon landfill relief payments from gross income and protect recipients’ eligibility for public benefits, drew strong support from affected residents and environmental advocates; AB 258 by Conley would increase funding for California fairs, with supporters emphasizing fairs’ emergency-response role; AB 397 by Gonzalez would expand the California Young Child Tax Credit into a broader child tax credit for older children; and AB 398 by Aaron would set a $300 minimum refundable Cal EITC benefit. The committee also heard AB 231 by Tye, which would offer a tax credit to microbusinesses that hire formerly incarcerated people, and it too was referred to suspense after supportive testimony from reentry and small-business advocates.

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• This is the Gallic Schmidt-Farnon, the Age Verification Bills. Any discussion?
• Young adults and aging adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.
• So if you're not yet the age of three, you have to be in a rear-facing car seat.
• And then number five, it has the weight parameters, but not the age parameters.
• At age eight, he was close to my height.

Committee: House Children and Families

Summary: The Committee on Children and Families met in executive session first and approved two measures by roll call vote. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2610, relating to the Missouri State Legal Expense Fund, was amended to cap the fund for that bill at $1 million and then voted do pass by a 17-0 vote. The committee also adopted a substitute combining House Bills 1839, 29, 21, and 3015, described as age verification legislation, and voted the combined House Committee Substitute do pass by a 17-0 vote. The committee then held a lengthy public hearing on House Bill 1840, which would create a statewide Purple Alert system for missing persons with developmental disabilities. Representative Sherry Gallick and numerous supporters testified that the bill would fill a gap between Amber and Silver Alerts and help law enforcement and the public respond faster when vulnerable individuals wander or go missing. Family members, advocates, service providers, and first responders described personal tragedies involving autistic children and adults, emphasized the risks of water, traffic, exposure, and exploitation, and said specialized training for responders was important. No one testified in opposition. After a brief recess, the committee heard House Bill 2170, which would update Missouri child passenger restraint laws to require rear-facing seats for children under age three and tighten other child restraint requirements. The sponsor and supporters from MoDOT, pediatric, medical, and emergency physician groups said the bill would codify best practices and improve child safety, while committee members raised questions about enforcement, exceptions for larger children, and the cost of fines and car seats. The hearing ended with no opposition testimony and no final vote taken on HB 1840 or HB 2170 during the transcript.

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• And it's a little guy that I've known since he was a toddler.
• She lost her hair, and she lost all of her friends her age.
• Harbison, it just occurred to me, a question because my son has complex medical needs, but he's now beyond age
• be looking at addressing this for adults as well, or children that become adults, once they are over age

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

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• She said she was concerned about giving them to her toddler and wondered what would be a better option
• :14.599><c> her</c> was concerned about giving them to her was concerned about giving them to her toddler
• :04:15.920><c> what</c><00:04:16.040><c> would</c><00:04:16.160><c> be</c><00:04:16.280><c> a</c> toddler
• and wondered what would be a toddler and wondered what would be a better<00:04:17.120><c> option</c>
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect the body's natural hormones, and while this can be harmful at all ages

Bills: HF44 , HF2102 , HF2279 , HF2280 , HF2281

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization

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• The impact to the aging community in Massachusetts will be significant.
• The impact to the aging community in Massachusetts will be significant.
• And we have an aging population in Massachusetts that is increasingly aging, and the workforce is decreasingly
• One mom of a toddler expressed relief knowing she would have $300 a month.
• It is supported importantly by AARP, Mass Aging Access, and many aging and disability advocates.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Revenue

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing focused largely on tax-credit proposals tied to children, families, caregivers, child care, health care workforce development, and public health. A major portion of the hearing concerned bills to expand the state earned income tax credit and child and family tax credit, including H. 3073/S. 1957 and S. 1975. Testimony from advocacy groups, legal services, tax assistance organizations, and health providers supported increasing the EITC match from 40% to 50% of the federal credit, expanding eligibility to immigrant and mixed-status ITIN filers, larger families, younger and older workers, and SSI recipients, and raising the child and family tax credit to $600 per child with inflation adjustments and possible advance payments. Witnesses said these changes would reduce poverty, improve health and educational outcomes, and help families meet basic expenses; committee members asked questions about ITIN filers and expressed support for the policy goals. The committee also heard extensive testimony on S. 1938/H. 3159, An Act Supporting Family Caregivers. Speakers described the scale of unpaid caregiving in Massachusetts and supported a package that would create a refundable tax credit, respite vouchers, workplace and housing protections, unemployment insurance access for those who leave work to care for relatives, a permanent advisory council, and a provision allowing spouses to be paid caregivers under MassHealth. Several witnesses shared personal caregiving experiences, and committee members responded favorably, noting the emotional and financial strain on caregivers and the importance of supporting them as Medicaid and long-term care systems face pressure. Additional bills discussed included H. 3174 on a child and dependent care tax credit, which was presented as a way to offset the high cost of child care; H. 3197/S. 2019 to improve the financial security of family child care providers through a tax credit; H. 3218/S. 1960 to create tax credits for health care preceptors to address workforce shortages; S. 2064 to establish a living organ donor tax credit; S. 2034 to promote healthy alternatives to sugary drinks through a tiered tax; H. 3015 to create a tax-return checkoff for the YMCA Youth and Government Program; and several public testimony ideas including vaccination, literacy, and grade-improvement tax credits. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing, which ended after all testimony was heard.

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• families. our belief in the inherent dignity of all human life, and our desire to serve life at all ages
• **Formula** - **Clothing** - **Cardboard** for storage and support items. - **Baby Supplies** - **Toddler
• Supplies** The program extends its support through age three.
• suicide rates among correctional officers were 30% higher than the general working population in the same age
• common forms of cancer in the U.S., with one in five Americans expected to develop skin cancer by the age

Bills: SB670 , SB1388 , SB627 , SB912 , SB269 , SB528 , HB2711 , HB4819 , HB5248 , HB4175

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: SB 670, investigational sun protection products, sun protection, sunscreen, FDA approval, clinical trial, phase one trial, patient access, informed consent, physician prescription, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Medical Board, compassionate use, experimental treatment, medical freedom, patient autonomy, healthcare regulation, dietitian, dietitians, licensed dietitian

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• The science at a young age, and I think that that is not the approach we should be taking, especially
• In terms of our sex ed curriculum, making sure it's age appropriate, you know, science based, but also
• CTA Secretary-Treasurer Erika Jones was scheduled to speak before the committee today, but her toddler
• about sensitive subjects, such as how to establish and maintain healthy relationships, presented in age-appropriate
• a rapid and significant transformation, necessitating urgent updates to keep pace with the digital age

Committee: House Education

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• Did that ever get resolved, where we felt like we were supplanting federal support for kids that age?
• There was definitely a migration of Head Start slots from three- and four-year-olds into infant and toddler

Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

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• age? age?
• Can you give some historical background since when AG became involved in merger negotiations?
• </c><04:06:11.439><c> is</c> international entity and so the AG is international entity and so the AG
• >> That's a great question, and I think the AG could probably answer that better.
• >> That's a great question, and I think the AG could probably answer that better.

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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• Also, he is the father of a new walking toddler, so I hope we see the toddler later.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• In 2009, a toddler tragically drowned in a... ...a septic tank after falling through an unsecured utility
• It's good for water quality and public health and safety in this bill, but it's... the toddlers falling

Bills: HB456 , HB482 , HB1463 , HB1682 , HB1949 , HB5549 , SB763

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: translation, environmental quality, complaints, accessibility, multilingual, TCEQ, environmental justice, environmental complaints, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, language access, public information, Texas Commission, multilingual access, administrative actions, environmental regulations, state representatives, state senators, penalty notice, Water Code, legislative notification

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• And you think about how many young people, ages usually from 8 to 17, playing their different music pieces
• strategic plan to increase access to adequate and appropriate community-based services for infants, toddlers
• had this type of problem, admittedly with a slightly different population, although the population's age
• Washington Administrative Code 110-400-1-40 requires exactly this for early support for infants and toddlers

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB5998 , SB6005 , SB6003 , SB6129 , SB6225 , SB6228 , SB6231

Summary: The Senate convened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the previous day’s journal, then moved to a resolution honoring piano teachers. Senate Resolution 8698 was adopted after remarks from Senator Conway and others describing the role of piano teachers in music education, family life, and community service. Members of the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then took up the operating budget and considered a long series of amendments. Several amendments focused on housing costs and local planning, utility and energy policy, ballot measure costs, state spending growth, tort liability, and paid family and medical leave. Some amendments were adopted, including a study of utility cost impacts from climate laws, a grid-related funding amendment, a tort liability oversight/reporting amendment, and a workgroup on services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Others were rejected, including proposals to create a housing task force, cap state spending growth, fund ballot initiative costs, restore local planning grants, and change paid family and medical leave usage rules. Debate on the budget amendments was often partisan and detailed, with supporters arguing for fiscal restraint, cost transparency, and relief for taxpayers and local governments, while opponents emphasized existing work, program solvency, and the need to preserve services. The Senate also heard amendments on zero-based budgeting, federal education tax credit opt-in language, reproductive health funding, food assistance work requirements, and support for the Pediatric Interim Care Center; some were defeated and some were adopted. Roll-call votes were taken on certain amendments, and the transcript ends during consideration of Amendment 0787, which would restore funding for the Pediatric Interim Care Center.

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• Talking with the Department of Ag, they told me they will have nothing to do with this.
• Talking with the Department of Ag, they told me they will have nothing to do with this.
• Talking with the Department of Ag, they told me they will have nothing to do with this.
• believe that my family and I, we consume about six gallons of goat's milk a week, because we have a toddler

Bills: HB3329 , HR1039 , HR1040 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3419 , HB3420 , HB3706 , HB3711 , HB4139 , HB1268 , HB3660 , HJR1023 , HB3298 , HB3056 , HJR1084 , HB3934 , HB3919 , HB4118 , HB4119 , HB3791 , HB4260 , HB4178 , HB4215 , HB4324 , HB3270 , HB4352 , HB4305 , HB2955 , HB3315 , HB3066 , HB1245 , HB4125 , HB3075 , HB3129 , HB3239 , HB4153 , HB3265 , HB4491 , SB680 , HB4263 , HB4268 , HB1675 , HB3885 , HB2984 , HB3697 , HB2959 , HB3671 , HB3852 , HB2933 , HB3057 , HB3802 , HB4294 , HB4285 , HB3708 , HB3979 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB3985 , HB3588 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HJR1070 , HB3590 , HB3595 , HB3391 , HB3183 , HB3764 , HB3765 , HB1002 , HB4434 , HJR1086 , HB4060 , HB3881 , HB3500 , HB4408 , HB3648 , HB3127 , HB3606

Summary: The House met in session, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held an extended OU Day presentation recognizing the University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team for its 2025 national championship and honoring athletic director Joseph Castiglione. OU President Joseph Harris and Castiglione both spoke about the university’s growth, affordability efforts, health care expansion, and research progress, and the championship team was introduced and thanked the Legislature for its support. The chamber also received several gallery introductions, including visitors from Stigler, North Rock Creek, and Charles Page High School, along with the Doctor and Nurse of the Day. The floor then took up a package of public finance and procurement bills sponsored by Representative Strom. House Bills 3413 through 3420 focused on transparency, contract reporting, subcontractor disclosure, post-contract assessments, central purchasing rules, restrictions on bid information sharing, and limits on pilot programs and CIO contract justifications. Each bill was advanced and passed, with vote totals ranging from 87-95 in favor and only a few nays on some measures. Strom described the package as a response to audit findings and concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse in state and local spending. The House also passed several other measures. House Bill 3706, as amended, requires more elementary school math instruction time and drew questions about balance with reading and other subjects; it passed 74-19, and its emergency was approved. House Bill 3711 requires school districts to post instructional spending percentages and include them in bond materials, passing 79-16 with the emergency clause approved. House Bill 4139 created the Oklahoma Home Service Transparency Act and passed 89-5. House Bill 1268 created a deferred option retirement plan for certain emergency responders and law enforcement personnel and passed 92-1 after a title strike request. House Bill 3660, concerning natural organic reduction/cremation, passed 59-37 after debate over licensing and public health concerns. House Joint Resolution 1023 updating the workers’ compensation fee schedule passed unanimously, and House Bill 3298 standardizing judicial interviews of children in family proceedings passed 95-0. House Bill 3056, allowing sales of unpasteurized milk at farms, feed stores, and farmers markets, prompted extensive debate over safety, labeling, liability, and market access, but ultimately passed 43-11. The House then recessed until 1 p.m.

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• She became a diabetic before she was the age of two.
• Cancer is a leading cause of death among people younger than 85 years of age in the U.S.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death for people under age 85 in the U.S., with approximately 5,600 new
• My toddler, who was four, Taylor. She's smart, brilliant, funny, strong, and beautiful.

Bills: HB514 , HB1652 , HB2117 , HB2298 , HB3269 , HB46 , HB46

Committee: House S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Keywords: maternal health, maternal care, pregnancy, labor and delivery, postpartum, doula, birth worker, midwife, obstetric care, women's health, rural health, health workforce, workforce development, trauma-informed care, public outreach campaign, health equity, minority health, underserved communities, Texas Department of State Health Services, HHSC

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• And there was really no limit on the age, so it's up to age 17.
• And there was really no limit on the age, so it's up to age 17.
• And there was really no limit on the age, so it's up to age 17.
• </c> the age, so it's up to age 17. the age, so it's up to age 17.
• This amendment would move the age to a child who is 5 years of age or younger.

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• I had a toddler, was pregnant, and I was finally leaving an abusive relationship.
• the fact that I was literally scared of electrocution, um, for myself, but most especially for my toddler
• 00:08:59.360><c> especially</c><00:09:00.040><c> for</c><00:09:00.200><c> my</c><00:09:00.360><c> toddler
• </c> but most especially for my toddler. but most especially for my toddler.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

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• Madam Chair, 68% of New Mexico abuse and neglect cases are under the age of 5.
• They may be targeting specific ages.
• Category, including emancipation and aging out of foster care.
• They are eligible for Medicaid until the age of 18, so the state...
• Kids that have aged out of foster care get Medicaid until they're 21.

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• But these kids, they're just like two happy toddlers.
• </c><01:29:31.000><c> they</c> they're just like to happy toddlers they they're just like to happy toddlers
• Family medicine is a three-year training program and spans all age groups.
• Family medicine is a three-year training program and spans all age groups.
• Family medicine is a three-year training program and spans all age groups.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• So we're going to start with issue number 26 on proposal for investment before we turn to age time.
• Research shows that children with access to sound by three to six months of age can develop at the same
• Research shows that children with access to sound by three to six months of age can develop at the same
• And toddlers like us without access to sound.
• . this position will help manage the administrative by the California Department of Aging.

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• We're going to start with issue number 26 on proposal for investment before we turn to age time.
• Research shows that children with access to sound by three to six months of age can develop at the same
• Research shows that children with access to sound by three to six months of age can develop at the same
• We want to hear our moms and dads say, I And toddlers like us without access to sound.
• By the California Department of Aging.

Summary: The hearing began with testimony from Let California Kids Hear and supporters urging action on pediatric hearing aid coverage. Advocates said California has repeatedly failed to enact a workable solution over the past eight years and argued that children need early access to sound to support development. The proposal discussed would limit the coverage mandate to the large-group market, which advocates said would cover roughly 70% to 80% of affected children and avoid the exchange-related cost issue that contributed to prior vetoes. Supporters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s health groups, backed the proposal, and the chair expressed sympathy and support while noting hope for a federal solution for exchange plans. The Department of Finance then gave opening remarks about the state’s structural deficit and the need to balance new investments against projected out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with a broad overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone initiatives, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, hospital seismic compliance, workforce programs, and the diaper access initiative. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, the behavioral health workforce pipeline, and the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, which HCAI said had reverted funds. The committee also discussed a proposed transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate to HCAI, new reporting on long-term care staffing and health coverage waiting periods, and a Behavioral Health Services Act workforce proposal that would use BHSA funds to support training, stipends, and technical assistance while offsetting $100 million in General Fund spending; members and LAO questioned the offset and asked for more detail, and the item was held open. HCAI also presented the Rural Health Transformation Program, explaining that California received $233.6 million in federal funds for the first year and had to revise its proposal so that $35 million in provider payments would be tied to specific transformative activities rather than general financial relief. The program will fund rural care model redesign, workforce development, and technology/infrastructure improvements, with grants to be rolled out on a tight timeline and subject to CMS approval. Members asked about the size of California’s award, the use of funds for maternity care, labor and delivery access, dialysis, tribal set-asides, and the role of a technical assistance contractor. The department said the program will use supply-and-demand workforce modeling to target funding and that all funds must be obligated by October 30. Finally, the Department of Managed Health Care outlined its budget and two major bill-related proposals: SB 41 on PBM reform and SB 306 on prior authorization transparency. DMHC said SB 41 would require PBM licensure, ban spread pricing, require rebate pass-through, and regulate pharmacy network practices, while SB 306 would require reporting on prior authorization and create a list of services exempt from prior authorization. DMHC requested additional positions and funding to implement both measures.