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• Check it out and after announcements and the little break, please take your time to visit with Anne in
• take</c><00:10:47.120><c> your</c><00:10:47.240><c> time</c><00:10:47.560><c> to</c><00:10:47.680><c> visit
• </c><00:10:47.920><c> with</c><00:10:48.120><c> Anne</c> please take your time to visit with Anne please
• take your time to visit with Anne in<00:10:48.560><c> the</c><00:10:48.640><c> Cedar</c><00:10:48.960

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, so your family who's here visiting you because of over 50 miles away, if they want a nap in your
• your certainly your family<00:26:41.360><c> who's</c><00:26:41.679><c> here</c><00:26:41.840><c> visiting
• </c><00:26:42.240><c> you</c><00:26:42.799><c> because</c> family who's here visiting you because family
• who's here visiting you because of<00:26:43.360><c> over</c><00:26:43.679><c> 50</c><00:26:44.000><c

Committee: House Rules and Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I was privileged to visit a—I forgot the name of it—in Los Angeles.
• I'm privileged to visit a—I forgot the name of it—in Los Angeles, the women's pre-apprenticeship program
• please submit your comments or suggestions in writing to the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee or visit
• Please submit your comments or suggestions in writing to the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee or visit

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, I hope our Senate Secretary visits this special place in Washington on a regular basis.
• So, I hope our Senate Secretary<00:49:31.720><c> visits</c><00:49:32.160><c> this</c><00:49:32.520><c
• > special</c><00:49:33.000><c> place</c><00:49:33.400><c> in</c> Secretary visits this special place
• in Secretary visits this special place in Washington Washington Washington on<00:49:35.080><c> a</c><

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• That is for the fish hatchery, which we visited on bonding tour and we thought was abysmally small and
• [clears throat] &gt;&gt; [clears throat] &gt;&gt; which<00:43:05.200><c> we</c><00:43:05.320><c> visited
• </c><00:43:06.520><c> tour</c><00:43:07.120><c> and</c><00:43:07.440><c> we</c> &gt;&gt; which we visited
• on bonding tour and we &gt;&gt; which we visited on bonding tour and we thought<00:43:07.880><c> was

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Detecting diabetes at a routine doctor's visit becomes someone arriving at the emergency room in a diabetic
• And emergency care can cost up to 10 times more than the physician's visit.
• And then you have a situation now where they're going into the doctor's office for a medical visit, but
• When kids visit a coffee shop after school, they deserve to know what exactly they're drinking and how

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health heard several bills focused on Medi-Cal access, HIV prevention, death certificate amendments, caregiver certification, advance care planning, and sugar-sweetened beverage labeling. SB 1422 by Senator Durazo would restore Medi-Cal access for income-eligible undocumented adults beginning January 1, 2027. The author and many supporters argued the enrollment freeze shifts costs to counties and hospitals, worsens health outcomes, and undermines California’s prior coverage gains. County, labor, health, immigrant-rights, and provider groups testified in support; there was no opposition. Committee members generally expressed support but also raised concerns about funding and the need for new revenue sources. The bill was discussed while the committee lacked quorum, so no vote was taken at that time. The committee also heard SB 1023 on PrEP access, SB 1071 on death certificate amendments after homicide findings, SB 1057 on criminal-history review for CNA and home health aide certification, and SB 1088 on POLST and advance care planning updates. SB 1023 would require insurers that cover injectable PrEP under the medical benefit to also cover it through the pharmacy benefit; supporters said this would reduce administrative barriers and improve access, while health plans and insurers opposed it as an unnecessary mandate that could blur benefit design lines. SB 1071 would allow next of kin to amend a death certificate’s manner of death to homicide after a final court determination; families and law enforcement supported it as a matter of truth and closure, while coroners opposed it as blurring medical and legal findings and potentially distorting public health data. SB 1057 would replace automatic denial with individualized review for certain convictions in CNA and home health aide certification, and SB 1088 would modernize POLST/DNR rules, including electronic signatures, out-of-state recognition, and clarifying who may sign; both drew support, though clinical nurse specialists opposed SB 1088 because they were not included as authorized signers. Several of these bills were heard without quorum, so no votes were taken during the discussion. After quorum was established, the committee heard SB 869 by Senator Weber-Pierce, which would require large chain restaurants to display a clear added-sugar icon next to beverages exceeding 50% of the daily recommended limit. The author and supporters, including the American Diabetes Association and an emergency physician, said consumers need simple, visible information at the point of purchase to better understand health risks tied to sugary drinks. The bill was framed as a public health transparency measure aimed at diabetes, obesity, and other chronic disease prevention. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 869, before any final committee action or vote is shown.

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• A-FRA's latest data shows that in 2024, nearly 300,000 people visited Massachusetts using airline credit
• Nearly 3,000 Massachusetts jobs are supported by travelers using their airline credit cards to visit
• It would also harm those who visit there and support your travel economy.
• You visit your favorite local restaurant, enjoy a great meal, of course, and have excellent service.

Summary: The commission met to hear testimony on the future of credit card payments and swipe fees, with a focus on impacts to small businesses, especially restaurants and retailers. Members and witnesses discussed interchange fees, processing fees, chargebacks, fraud risk, rewards programs, and the growing use of card-not-present and digital wallet transactions. Several witnesses urged the commission to support legislation that would prohibit fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions and allow businesses to pass credit card fees on to customers if they choose, while others warned that state regulation of interchange could reduce fraud protections and harm consumer rewards programs. Small business owners and trade groups described rising costs and thin margins, saying card fees are now among their largest expenses and are often charged on money that is merely passing through the business, such as sales tax and gratuities. Restaurant representatives said the current system shifts fraud and chargeback losses onto merchants, with little ability to negotiate rates or recover disputed funds, and argued that transparency and fee relief would help keep independent businesses open. Retailers gave similar testimony, citing rising swipe fees, complex statements, and the burden of online and phone transactions. A representative from the airline industry opposed interchange reform, arguing that airline credit card rewards are popular with consumers and support travel and jobs in Massachusetts. Credit union representatives cautioned that state-level interchange limits could weaken fraud prevention and force higher rates or reduced services, while the National Restaurant Association and a payments-policy attorney countered that banks and networks already operate under fee caps in other contexts and that interchange rates are fixed rather than competitive. Commission members asked questions about how chargebacks work, how fees are broken down, whether businesses can negotiate with processors or POS providers, and how consumer behavior has shifted toward cards, online ordering, and delivery since the pandemic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• It can create fewer doctor visits, decreased hospitalization in areas like arthritis, heart disease,
• It can um It can um create<00:19:10.680><c> fewer</c><00:19:10.960><c> doctor</c><00:19:11.360><c> visits
• ,</c><00:19:12.200><c> decreased</c> create fewer doctor visits, decreased create fewer doctor visits

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I was um visiting or discussing the bill with uh Chair Vang on Friday. It didn't make the deadline.
• I was um visiting or discussing the bill with uh Chair Vang on Friday. It didn't make the deadline.
• I was um visiting or make deadline.
• I was um visiting or discussing<00:02:46.879><c> the</c><00:02:47.120><c> bill</c><00:02:47.360><c> with

Keywords: 1183, house

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• those who maybe only got to hear a slight heartbeat only to have that flicker disappear at the next visit
• those who maybe only got to hear a slight heartbeat, only to have that flicker disappear at the next visit
• It's one of the things I hear most consistently from kids about when I go and visit schools is how they
• I had the opportunity to visit Ticonderoga with a contingent from Massachusetts, some who were invited

Keywords: 1212, all

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• A couple of years ago, I was up in Devils Lake visiting our workforce center, and I always go and try
• to visit the local economic developer or the Chamber of Commerce, whoever it may be.
• they're on, maybe not child care, but some type of public assistance, and after they come to you and visit
• Our goal is to continue visiting with our colleagues in other states where this has been an ongoing function

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Leadership Division of the Budget Section approved the prior meeting minutes and then received an update from Senator Jonathan Sickler on the Cash Management Board’s interim work under House Bill 1278. He said the board has reviewed state cash, investments, and liquidity across agencies and concluded the state’s overall mix of long-term and short-term assets is appropriate, with about $35 billion in total liquid assets and investments and roughly 89% in longer-term investments. He highlighted process improvements already underway, including replacing more than 500 six-month CDs with a special-rate savings account to reduce administrative work, and said the board sees opportunities to improve forecasting, automation, and statewide coordination. Members asked about whether the CD change would increase returns, how the Legacy Fund transfer for the homestead tax relief bill affected earnings, and whether more state cash could be consolidated or better managed through BND; Sickler and BND staff said those issues are being studied and may lead to legislation for the 2027 session. Representative Nathan Toman then updated the committee on the Task Force on Government Efficiency. He said the group has focused less on cutting dollars and more on defining metrics and asking how the legislature knows whether programs are working. The task force is pushing a standard set of questions for new or expanding programs—who is affected, expected outcomes, alternatives, how success will be measured, and full funding—and OMB has agreed to require those answers in future budget requests. Members discussed possible use of dashboards, program evaluators, AI tools, and possible rule or statutory changes to require performance measurement. Toman said the task force will continue meeting with agencies such as the courts, university system, auditor, HHS, Commerce, and ITD to identify workflow bottlenecks and potential efficiencies. Phil Davis of Job Service North Dakota gave a workforce update, reporting that North Dakota’s unemployment rate is 2.5% and labor force participation is about 68.7%, both well above national performance. He described Job Service’s 15 workforce programs, including H-2A housing inspections for foreign agricultural workers, the job placement partnership program with DOCR, WOTC, and other federal and state workforce efforts. Davis said the agency served more than 11,000 individuals in 2025, operates nine workforce centers, and tracks outcomes through quarterly and annual reporting. In response to questions, he said job openings data reflect only positions in the system and may understate actual hiring needs, that child care and other assistance programs could be better tied to employment outcomes, and that the DOCR partnership has shown strong results with lower recidivism and higher earnings. He also said the H-2A inspection workload is growing quickly and additional staffing or less frequent federal inspection requirements could help. Allen Knutson then presented S&P Global’s updated revenue forecast. He said oil prices have risen sharply since the prior month’s outlook, improving the state’s near-term revenue picture, though the economy remains volatile and agriculture is facing weaker commodity prices. Based on the updated forecast, total major tax revenues for the current biennium are projected to be about $89 million above the legislative forecast, and the next biennium could be about $500 million higher, though that estimate is preliminary and may change. He also walked through an alternate oil-price scenario showing significantly higher oil and gas collections and a larger Strategic Investment Fund balance if prices remain elevated. Members asked whether another forecast should be requested once oil markets stabilize and about tribal allocation changes in the alternative scenario; Knutson said additional updates are possible through OMB and future forecast cycles.

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• costs per person due to persistent... ...seizures, high hospitalization rates, and frequent emergency visits
• A four-year study by Kaiser showed a 99% reduction in ER visits in their VNS patients, and there were
• That's hospitalization, emergency department visits.
• What we see is a 99% reduction, believe it or not, in emergency room visits by individuals who are implanted

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Keywords: 996, all

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• doesn't appear to be working out that way, especially with attorneys, psychologists, supervisors of visitation
• four-year-old daughter, were removed from me by court order for two months without any supervised visits
• After visiting the Valley over several years, visiting family over the holidays, my husband and I decided

Summary: The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee heard several election, victims’ rights, family court, and probation-related measures. SB 1425, an emergency bill moving Arizona’s primary election date earlier and adjusting related election timelines, was amended to move the primary to the second-to-last Tuesday in July and to remove the proposed compression of cure/ID deadlines; county officials supported it, and it received a do pass recommendation. SB 1289 and SCR 1013/SCR 1014 focused on foreign money in election administration and ballot measure campaigns, with supporters arguing the bills would close loopholes that allow foreign-backed funding to influence elections; some members raised concerns about breadth and enforcement, but both measures advanced. SB 1402 would require probationers on certain sex-offense-related monitoring to pay the cost of electronic monitoring; supporters said it would improve accountability and child safety, while opponents warned it could punish indigent people and divert money from treatment. It also received a do pass recommendation. The committee spent substantial time on family court bills. SB 1330 would allow a parent with less than 35% parenting time or no legal decision-making authority to request a jury trial in custody-related disputes; supporters described severe financial and emotional harm in family court and argued juries would provide a neutral check, while county and legal representatives opposed the bill as costly, slow, and ill-suited to specialized child-welfare decisions. Despite those objections, SB 1330 passed with a do pass recommendation. SB 1328, as amended, declared Arizona public policy to include protecting parents and a child’s right to equal access to both co-parents; supporters said it would clarify legislative intent, while opponents called it duplicative of existing law. It also passed. The committee also heard SB 1329, which would let parents sue court-appointed professionals in custody and parenting-time matters if the professional deviated from licensing ethics or standards. Supporters argued that quasi-judicial immunity and weak oversight have allowed harmful, expensive practices in family court, while opponents said existing malpractice and licensing remedies already exist and warned against expanding litigation. The bill received a do pass recommendation. SB 1326, allowing courts to award attorney fees and costs to victims when a party violates or worsens a victim-rights violation, also passed after supporters said it would help pro bono and victims’ attorneys enforce rights, and opponents said the term “exacerbates” was vague and the need was unclear. The committee approved the minutes and held SB 1285 and SB 1392 without hearing them.

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• two or three hours, or they’re making a day out of it and driving into Flagstaff, into Show Low to visit
• And the kids in the back seat, who are visiting from an overseas missionary family, said, 'What?
• So Arizona residents who pay to visit the parks are supporting the outdoor recreation, the programming
• Community members don't have to visit multiple government websites to find information.

Bills: HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2129 , HB2170 , HB2210 , HB2228 , HB2352 , HB2460 , HB2533 , SB1019 , SB1045 , SB1050 , SB1078 , SB1083 , SB1167 , SB1184 , SCR1006

Committee: Senate Government

Keywords: budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, procurement, foreign adversary, China, state contracts, information technology

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• My understanding is that the insurance companies may not pay for multiple visits.
• Senator, I had a visit from someone from out of state last week who made a suggestion on a certain percentage
• The proposed requirements for parental signatures add steps to each visit, and the bill legislates the
• The proposed requirements for parental signatures add steps to each visit, and the bill legislates the

Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills. SB 1082 would let providers or insurers in state-regulated commercial plans opt into the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims, with a late-filed amendment clarifying access to the state program in certain circumstances. The bill sponsor and emergency physicians said the measure would reduce litigation and improve payment resolution; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168 would centralize background screening work for the care provider clearinghouse at the Agency for Health Care Administration and update related screening rules, including sealed and expunged records for qualified entities. The sponsor said the change would speed turnaround and reduce duplication; an amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1156 would move ambulatory surgical center regulation out of Chapter 395 into a standalone section of law, and it was reported favorably without amendment. SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designations change, allowing them to continue seeing current patients and potentially new patients in their existing area subject to board oversight. The committee heard support from health system representatives and reported the bill favorably. The final and most debated measure, SB 1756 on medical freedom, would require vaccine education materials and alternative schedules, expand school immunization exemptions to conscience-based objections, clarify limits on emergency vaccination orders, and allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin behind the counter with written information. The sponsor and supporters framed it as parental choice and access, while physicians, public health advocates, cancer advocates, and parents of immunocompromised children warned it would lower vaccination rates and increase disease risk. The committee adopted a liability-related amendment, rejected a substitute amendment that would have required consultation for exemptions, and continued hearing public testimony opposing the bill; the transcript ends before final action on SB 1756.

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• This bill helps reduce unnecessary ER visits.
• :18:25.360><c> ER</c> This bill helps reduce unnecessary ER This bill helps reduce unnecessary ER visits
• It</c><00:18:26.480><c> improves</c><00:18:27.039><c> efficiency</c><00:18:27.679><c> within</c> visits
• It improves efficiency within visits.

Keywords: 958, all

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• members have free Fridays during session, and one of those Fridays, we'll be going up there for a visit
• They go out and visit the schools, talk to the teachers, and everything and Get these kids together in
• I had you guys come down to visit. We, woa, that they'd never seen it before.
• in here it says that you have made yourself available I'm concerned that a lot of parents that I visited

Committee: House A&B Human Services Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

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• We discussed and visited.
• We're going to handle things just a little bit differently, and visited with Ranking Member Fogel this
• As we discussed and visited, we're going to handle things just a little bit differently, and I visited

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I was here in the spring, and I visited each one of your offices to talk about my experience with STAR
• Shortly after my visit, I was pleased to hear the House had passed HB 4, and I was disappointed when
• I was here in the spring and I visited each one of your offices to talk about my experience with SAR
• Shortly 148 after my visit, I was pleased to hear the House had passed HB 4 and I was disappointed when

Bills: HB8

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

Summary: The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements. Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases. Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.

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• For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov. This puts the monthly mortgage at $2,723.
• I usually, when I build something, I generally will study it for a couple of years, and I'll visit a
• that Bernalillo Albuquerque is offering, I wonder how many have actually been used and not pulled or visited
• I visited the websites, but actually got permits to build.

Committee: House Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee