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• So then, does the funds—do they—is it retroactive to that school district as far as, like, on the 40th
• Is it retroactive? In other words, we grow by 1,000 students or 1,500 students.
• natural result would be, hopefully, that we and our staff would create the language pertinent and applicable

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• WE PROVIDE A STATE ASSURANCE PAGES IN THEIR APPLICATION PAGES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO CMS.
• IN ORDER FOR RETROACTIVE ELIGIBILITY CHANGES EVEN SEPTEMBER 30 THERE IS ALWAYS RETROACTIVE ELIGIBILITY

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• three or four acts that we're not going to be able to implement either time length or make the retroactive
• So there would be no ability to get a retroactive date for those. It would only be going forward.
• There would be no ability to get a retroactive date for those. It would only be going forward.
• There's no retroactive eligibility in a waiver. So there's all kinds of Those services either.
• There's no retroactive eligibility in a waiver.

Committee: All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed several agency rules and requests. The Arkansas Insurance Department presented an amendment to its holding company system rule to implement Act 261, adding a group capital calculation requirement and related guidance for insurer holding company groups; it was reviewed and approved. The State Board of Election Commissioners presented two rules: one clarifying poll watcher conduct, vote challenges, and provisional voting procedures, and another increasing pay for certified election monitors and defining training, observation, and report-writing compensation; both were reviewed and approved. The Arkansas Financial Education Commission updated its rules to remove DEI-related membership requirements to comply with Act 938, and that rule was also reviewed and approved. The committee held over the Department of Education’s request to be excluded from reporting requirements for a month. The main discussion centered on the Department of Human Services’ request to be excluded from reporting requirements for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025. DHS explained that CMS had raised comparability and other federal issues with the Medicaid-related acts, especially the dental provisions in Act 1025 and the diagnostic lab cap in Act 567, and said it was exploring options including a waiver, medical-necessity-based approaches, and splitting the pediatric rate increase from the special-needs cap increase. The Arkansas State Dental Association disputed DHS’s interpretation, arguing Act 1025 is workable, that the pediatric rate increase should move forward separately, and that DHS should continue pursuing federal approval rather than declining to adopt rules. Public testimony from a special-needs advocate also emphasized unmet dental needs and long waitlists for waiver services. After extensive questioning, a motion to deny DHS’s request to be excluded from reporting requirements for Acts 567, 568, 967, and 1025 passed. The committee then reviewed the Division of Higher Education’s Act 781 report, which asked to repeal three of its 32 rules and continue enforcing the remaining 29; that request was approved. The committee also received routine written updates on outstanding 2023 and 2025 rulemaking items, with no questions raised, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have operationalized a continuous allocations process that brings new eligible applicants into the
• So, there will be reduced retroactive Medicaid.
• We currently cover up to 90 days of retroactive Medicaid, meaning that we pay unpaid medical bills if
• We have some eligibility reductions, so not as much retroactive eligibility...
• We have people on the application lists, and so our focus is also leaning a lot into retention.

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• Members, the bill as amended, as further amended with this additional COW, does limit its applicability
• with this additional cow, does does, as further amended with this additional cow, does limit its applicability
• But this bill, as further amended, with the emergency clause and the retroactivity clause, shows that
• It'll start with an emergency and retroactive clause to be just in time for that Marana petition, and

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recorded roll call showing 28 present, 0 absent, and 2 excused. The chamber approved the journal and then took up several motions to reconsider or return bills, including requests to return HB 2035 and HB 2249 to the House and to reconsider HB 2192. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole for calendar items. In Committee of the Whole, members considered HB 2248, a public health mandates bill; HB 2313, concerning school employee/teacher strike and remote instruction issues; HB 2379, relating to school district governing board training; HB 2380, relating to school district board meetings and expenditures; and HB 2720, relating to prostitution assessments and the anti-human trafficking fund. HB 2248 drew the most debate over whether it would prohibit schools, employers, and medical facilities from requiring medical interventions such as vaccines; an amendment narrowing the definition of medical intervention was adopted, and the bill advanced. HB 2379 and HB 2380 both received committee and floor amendments focused on school board training and livestreaming/meeting transparency requirements, and HB 2313 and HB 2720 also advanced. The Committee of the Whole reported all four bills as do pass, with HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 as amended. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole report after defeating an amendment that would have changed the HB 2248 recommendation to fail. The chamber next considered HCM 2001 and HCM 2002, memorials urging federal terrorist designations for the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, and HCR 2047, recognizing Judea and Samaria; all three passed despite strong opposition speeches criticizing them as targeting Muslim communities or advancing religious/political messaging. The Senate also passed HB 2118 on mobile food vendors, HCM 2009 on mineral access and federal land withdrawals, HCR 2015 on school physical activity and dietary guidelines, HCR 2020 on housing outside designated provider service areas with assured water supply, and HCR 2057 supporting next-generation geothermal energy. Finally, the Senate passed HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 on third reading, approved the House’s request to adjourn, and adjourned until April 21, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Payments are made retroactively following provider billing and verification of at least one day of attendance
• We wouldn't ask districts to get paid retroactively on attendance, and we're asking you to really take
• Referrals for these investigations can be made by certain entities named in the bill, including applicable
• independent contractor, the contractor or subcontractor that engaged the person is subject to all applicable

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on a series of bills, beginning with House Bill 2689 on Working Connections Child Care. Staff explained that the proposed substitute would keep eligibility at 60% of state median income, eliminate scheduled expansions to 75% and 85%, reduce future subsidy rates from the 85th to the 75th percentile of market, end enhanced regional rates, and change reimbursement rules from prospective enrollment-based payments back to attendance-based payments with a reduced monthly payment after 11 absent days. Child care advocates thanked the committee for removing the proposed cap on the program but opposed the cuts to provider rates and eligibility expansions, warning of harm to families and providers. The committee then heard Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5124 on Medicaid network adequacy for post-acute care, with staff noting administrative costs and indeterminate fiscal effects; hospitals supported the bill as a way to reduce discharge delays and reliance on single-case agreements. Senate Bill 5832, which would raise the new motor vehicle arbitration fee from $3 to $6 to support the Lemon Law arbitration program, drew support from the Attorney General’s Office and auto dealers, who said the fee had not been updated since 1995 and the program was underfunded. The committee also heard Substitute Senate Bill 5862, providing a one-time 3% COLA for certain PERS 1 and TRS 1 retirees, with retirees testifying in favor and local government representatives warning about added employer costs. The committee next heard Senate Bill 5922, allowing school districts to transfer money from the Transportation Vehicle Fund to other funds if they reduce their fleet and receive OSPI approval; staff said the bill would mainly add administrative work for OSPI, and no one testified. Substitute Senate Bill 5923 would allow a hospital on an island in Skagit County to qualify as a critical access hospital if federally certified; Island Health testified that the designation would help sustain rural services, and a committee member asked about bed count and Medicaid/charity-care pressures. Senate Bill 5944 would require language access providers to bargain over compensation for missed or canceled appointments and clarify that statutes prevail over conflicting contract terms; WFSE supported the bill, saying it would equalize bargaining rights across agencies. Substitute Senate Bill 5972 would extend interest arbitration rights to correctional employees in city and county jails regardless of population size; labor supported the bill as a retention tool, while cities and counties opposed it, arguing it would raise costs and should include ability-to-pay protections. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5988, authorizing the Department of Health to continue accrediting opioid treatment programs and charge accreditation fees, which DOH said was needed to avoid winding down the program. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 6151, which would move Ecology fee revenues for landfill methane emissions and laboratory accreditation into dedicated accounts; Ecology supported the bill as improving transparency and reinvesting fees into the programs, and staff said the lab fee shift would be offset by a related budget action. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6194 would pay a rural hospital on a federally recognized Indian reservation, specifically Astria Toppenish, at 150% of the Medicaid fee-for-service rate beginning in 2027; hospital leaders and community members testified that the hospital serves a high-Medicaid, rural, and tribal population and faces persistent losses. Finally, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6302 would direct L&I to investigate possible misclassification of independent contractors on public works projects involving multiple workers doing the same finishing work; labor and business representatives both described it as a negotiated compromise to address underground economy abuses. The committee took no final votes during the hearing and ended by reiterating amendment deadlines for bills scheduled for executive session.

Transcript Highlights:

• know this isn’t in New Orleans or anything, but let’s say we had a situation where we had a FEMA application
• the bill to very similarly to the bill that we just heard to allow county assessors to assess the applicable
• department must establish in order to run the program, has reporting requirements, and contains a retroactivity

Summary: The caucus reviewed several bills on its calendar, mostly focused on Senate amendments and whether sponsors intended to concur. HB 2114 would alter Motorcycle Safety Fund distributions and motorcycle registration rules, including a Senate change requiring at least one registered owner to be licensed in Arizona; the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2729 would continue several boards and agencies, including the Board of Nursing, Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, Board of Physician Assistance, Department of Economic Security, and Board of Pharmacy; the sponsor also intended to concur. Members discussed two agriculture property inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105. HB 2104 would change rules for agricultural property classification and inspections, while HB 2105 would add notice and reporting requirements for inspections; both had Senate amendments that changed inspection timing and exemptions. Some members raised concerns about county assessors’ workload, opposition from county organizations, and possible inequities and insurance or disaster-related consequences for agricultural property owners. HB 2477, the Arizona Education Savings Plan bill, drew the most discussion. The Senate amendment combined the 529-related provisions with several treasurer-related restrictions and investment rules, and members questioned the policy implications of allowing 529 funds to roll into Roth IRAs. HB 4117 would create or expand criminal penalties for interfering with religious worship, and some members expressed concern about civil liberties and equality issues, while the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2311 would require AI service disclosures to minors and, after substantial Senate amendments, to all account holders in some cases; members asked about effects on schools and government systems, and some noted concerns about the expanded scope and AG enforcement limits. The caucus also heard SCR 1004, which would prohibit photo enforcement traffic programs after December 31 subject to voter approval, though existing programs could continue under certain conditions; law enforcement concerns were noted. SB 1110 would establish a home confinement and electronic monitoring program in the Department of Corrections. SB 1618 would revise the Military Affairs Commission’s membership and duties, but one member objected to adding defense-industry representation and warned about military-industrial-complex influence. The meeting ended with the chair noting that only the bills that had gone through rules were on the agenda and adjourned the caucus.

Transcript Highlights:

• or anything, but let's say we had a situation where we had FEMA, someone needed to have a FEMA application
• bill very similarly to the bill that we just heard to... ...allow county assessors to assess the applicable
• department must establish in order to run the program, has reporting requirements, and contains a retroactivity

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• And so we're making sure that in Section B, this is going forward, not retroactive.
• You mentioned that the misdemeanor side is not retroactive. The felony side is.
• You mentioned that the misdemeanor side is not retroactive.
• Or do you want to answer the retroactive piece? Come up here. Is that okay if I phone a friend?
• The retroactive part presently, since the beginning of the act in 1997—well, enforcement of it began

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• That's why it looks a little funny in 2026. >> And it's not retroactive at the effective date.
• It's retroactive in the date of the assessment.
• retroactive retroactive to<00:39:55.440><c> the</c><00:39:55.760><c> evaluation</c><00:39:56.480><c>
• So that allows this to be retroactive<00:40:00.960><c> so</c><00:40:01.119><c> that</c><00:40:01.280>
• </c> not retroactive at the effective date. not retroactive at the effective date.

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• In these applications, the applicant must show proof of nonprofit status.
• But the bill is pretty silent on how the primary applicant should work with sub-applicants.
• In these applications, the applicants must show proof of nonprofit status.
• But the bill is pretty silent on how the primary applicant should work with sub-applicants.
• In these applications, the applicants must show proof of nonprofit status.

Bills: HB1073 , HB1128 , HB1316 , HB1408 , HB1591 , HB1592 , HB1634 , HB1906 , HB1960 , HB2073 , HB2145 , HB2248 , HB2266 , HB2301 , HB2333 , HB2365 , HB2401 , HB2416 , HB2421 , HB2438 , HB2474 , HB2475 , HB2515 , HB2517 , HB2523 , HB2548 , HB2597 , HB2637 , HB2640 , HB2660 , HB2675 , HB2685 , HB2720 , HB1742 , HB2104 , HB2186 , HB2405 , HB2557 , HB2593 , HB2636

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: national guard, military support, defense, state security, veteran services, child care, workforce standards, education, child development, training requirements, postsecondary education, homelessness, foster youth, education access, support programs, community preservation, development authorities, funding, local governance, state resources

Transcript Highlights:

• This reduces retroactive coverage.
• up to three calendar months prior to their application.
• Prior... ...receive retroactive coverage for services up to three calendar months prior to their application
• Anything lacking in our application?
• of the federal government when scoring the application.

Bills: HB2190 , HB2202 , HB2233 , HB2251 , HB2252 , HB2396 , HB2437 , HB2689 , HB2796

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> but</c><00:16:51.519><c> the</c> that's necessarily applicable, but the that's necessarily applicable
• So, it's not applicable to more units.
• >> So, the bill is prospective, not retroactive.
• So, the this bill it would retroactive.
• </c> works and uh elig eligible applicants works and uh elig eligible applicants are<00:54:52.000><c>

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• offense for the committee on licensing and administrative procedures AB 2442 by BC relating to the application
• HB 2517 by Berry relating to the applicability of premium maintenance.
• Hicklin relating to the applicability of certain parental notification requirements of school districts
• By allowing the retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of a child sexual abuse
• Timmons expressing support of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission of application to the cell

Transcript Highlights:

• My next question goes into retroactivity. Was there any consideration for what is here?
• So my question is, has there been any consideration to make it retroactive?
• So making it retroactive would make these apply to it in the past.
• Make it so it's not retroactive. That's what I want. Make it so it is not retroactive.
• Make it so it is not retroactive, any consideration. Got it. Is there a, you have a question?

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on March 20, 2025, and first approved HB 4025, creating the Duke Farm Stewardship District in Lee County, on a 17-0 vote. The committee then advanced HJR 1215, which proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt agricultural tangible personal property from property tax, after extended debate about the fiscal impact on counties, especially rural and fiscally constrained ones; it passed 16-1. HB 411 also passed unanimously after an amendment, extending affordable housing tax exemption treatment to certain nonprofit projects on leased land, including Habitat for Humanity projects. The committee likewise approved CS/HB 669, allowing local governments to purchase certain unrated bonds, and CS/HB 4017, codifying the Vermont Drainage District charter in Charlotte County, both without opposition. The committee also approved HJR 1039, which would let the Legislature prevent assessed-value increases for homestead properties that are improved to mitigate flood damage, and the related implementing bill HB 1041; both passed 17-0. Public testimony on these items included some opposition to the flood-related amendment, but no floor debate changed the outcome. The final major item was CS/HB 1221 by Rep. Miller, which would require local option taxes to be renewed by voter referendum every eight years, with longer terms allowed for bonded projects. That bill drew the most extensive testimony and debate, with counties, tourism groups, and local officials warning about impacts on tourism funding, infrastructure, schools, and public safety, while supporters argued for taxpayer accountability and periodic review. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably on a 13-4 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• However, if you recommend proceeding, we ask for clarifying amendments limiting the applicability to
• Both phrases strongly imply the bill is not retroactive.
• Both phrases strongly imply the bill is not retroactive.
• Member Ward, just noting that this bill, because of the effective date of the new year, would not be retroactive
• As noted, it is not retroactive. It is something that guides decision-making forward.

Committee: House Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 151 signals that New Mexico is willing to move the goalposts and raise business taxes retroactively
• revenues are down 32% federally at the end of 2025 because the bonus depreciation was effectively retroactive
• That, too, has been retroactive, which is 2025, and that accounts for a significant portion of the federal
• That, too, has been retroactive, which is 2025, and that accounts for a significant portion of the federal
• The other one, we were told by the bill drafters, didn't need it because it was already applicable to

Bills: SB190 , SB152 , SB77 , SB150 , SB151 , SB156 , SB172 , SB182 , SB185 , SB212 , SB170 , SB133 , SB174 , SB163

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion

Transcript Highlights:

• The purpose of this bill, in summary, is to recognize that these disclosures are not applicable to water
• Do you have any idea what the impact is retroactively?
• Therefore, any concrete crushing facility... issued since September 1st, 2001 could be applicable to
• This bill ensures that both protestants and applicants in a contested case have a defined mechanism to
• meets all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

Bills: SB2082 , SB2203 , SB2351 , SB2550 , SCR48

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Lines 165 and 166 say that this act shall be retroactive to January 1, 2025.
• Why couldn't it just we be retroactive?
• So we are, in my position, being retroactive is what gets me.
• </c><00:25:00.880><c> It</c> being retroactive is what gets me.
• It being retroactive is what gets me.

Bills: SB174 , SB39 , SB40 , SB206 , SB200 , HB169 , HB345 , HB381 , HB25 , SB174 , SB39 , SB40 , SB206 , SB200 , HB169 , HB345 , HB381 , HB25

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

Transcript Highlights:

• The amendment that you're about to see, gentlemen, that's in your packets, makes this retroactive to
• Chairman, I don't know if you Chairman, I don't know if you have the amendment's simply the retroactive
• This bill would also provide for retroactive effect.
• Replace line 36 on page two with the following: 2022 and to provide for retroactive effect.

Bills: HB353 , HB354 , HB357 , HB396 , SB83

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary adjustments, district attorneys, Judges, local officials, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment, job security, Alabama Constitution, tobacco tax, heated tobacco products, heated tobacco, cigarettes, nicotine, vape alternative, smokeless tobacco, snuff, cigars, excise tax