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• and tried to make it better, compact, and contained.
• Compact is used. ...is different.
• You brought up compactness earlier, and compactness is one of those things that you consider. as well
• I'm just talking about compactness along the county lines.
• They are less than 50% compact, all of them, because compactness means when you put a district in a circle

Bills: HB4

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

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• This law does not apply to professions covered by interstate licensing compacts, electrical contractors
• This law does not apply to professions covered by interstate licensing compacts, electrical contractors
• licenses would be valid only in Missouri and cannot be used for interstate reciprocity with any other compact
• areas not I don't think of professional occupations because they more or less either multi-state compacts
• You know, I'm up here all the time talking about how difficult compacts are and other reciprocity measures

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Summary: The Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing met in executive session and first approved House Bill 1963 by a 16-0 vote, then later revisited it and again voted do pass by consent, 19-0. The committee also approved a House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3129 by a 14-0 vote with two present, after discussion that the substitute clarified the use of the term “physician assistant” and required practice under Missouri statute. In public hearing, House Bill 2300 was presented as a workforce bill creating a temporary two-year Missouri licensing path for experienced out-of-state workers whose prior states did not license their occupation. Supporters said it would help workers in fields such as makeup artistry and interior design enter the Missouri workforce without starting over, while still requiring passage of Missouri exams and excluding applicants with disciplinary issues. Some members raised concerns about the bill’s broad reach into Chapter 324 professions and whether it should be narrowed to avoid affecting highly regulated fields. House Bill 1813 was then heard as a narrower “carve-out” for the Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects. The sponsor and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers said it would correct unintended consequences of a 2020 reciprocity law that had allowed some applicants who did not meet Missouri’s education or experience standards to be licensed; they cited data showing a significant number of reciprocity licenses issued since 2020. Opponents argued the bill would create barriers to work and give the board too much discretion, while supporters said it was needed to protect public safety and restore Missouri’s standards. Finally, House Bill 2649 was heard to extend reciprocity to licenses from the United Kingdom. The sponsor said it was intended to strengthen Missouri’s relationship with the U.K. and help workers with U.K. credentials, but members and witnesses quickly noted that because the bill used Chapter 324 language, it could affect many professions, including medical fields. The Missouri State Medical Association opposed the bill unless health care professions were carved out, and committee members expressed confusion about the scope before the hearing concluded with no further action on the bill.

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• I think you mentioned something about a compact and other transferring...
• Senator Donne, the compact I was speaking of was being able to have some consistency that you all are
• The way we have it now under the federal compact on regular driver's licenses, you know a red octagon
• That would be a different, that would be a separate compact legislation reciprocity, basically.
• That's a separate compact legislation reciprocity, basically, yes.

Committee: Joint Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee

Summary: The Arizona Off-Road Vehicle Study Committee met to review Senate Bill 1519 and broader OHV policy issues, including funding, mitigation, enforcement, and education. Staff summarized the bill’s amended provisions: raising the OHV/ATV weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds, directing ADOT to create a new usage classification, creating an Off-Highway Vehicle Law Enforcement Fund, and setting a 50% vehicle license tax for vehicles in the 2,500–3,500 pound range. Members discussed how many vehicles would be affected, with industry testimony estimating about 2,600 new Arizona sales in that weight class in 2025 and growth of roughly 10% annually. Committee members also debated whether changes should be revenue-neutral to ADOT/HIRF or instead generate dedicated enforcement and mitigation funding without reopening HIRF distribution. The committee then turned to education. Staff reviewed SB 1567, which requires OHV course completion before issuance of an OHV indicia and includes a report due December 1, 2026. Game and Fish said the mandatory education appears to be improving behavior, especially helmet use by children. Several witnesses, including representatives from Riding Arizona and ABATE Arizona, supported a consistent statewide training model and suggested expanding the requirement from owners to operators, with possible reciprocity or compact-style recognition with other states. Members also raised practical questions about proof of completion, online access, and how law enforcement would verify compliance. For mitigation and enforcement funding, committee members and invited stakeholders discussed the scale of the need. A research presentation from Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation estimated about $3.5 million annually for additional law enforcement and about $7.5 million annually for natural resource mitigation, for a combined target of roughly $11 million per year. The estimate was based on county sheriff input and existing federal land-management data on illegal or user-created roads, with a statewide rough range of 12,000 to 17,000 miles of roads needing some form of closure or decommissioning. Members emphasized that the estimate did not include all possible costs, such as fence repair, tank restoration, or environmental compliance, and discussed soft versus hard closures, prevention, and the need to pair any mitigation spending with enforcement and education. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided; the committee mainly received information, asked questions, and continued discussion of possible recommendations.

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• Yeah, there are two compacts that the board has looked at.
• social work compact.
• , but in the counseling compact, we did oppose that bill.
• So that's the component that's missing from the compacts currently: on some of the compacts, it doesn't
• We haven't seen that language in the compact language.

Summary: The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs. For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources. The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates. The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.

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• House Bill 261, an act relating to the school psychologist interstate licensure compact.
• House Bill 261, an act relating to the school psychologist interstate licensure compact.
• school psychologist<00:20:42.080><c> interstate</c><00:20:42.559><c> lensure</c><00:20:43.120><c> compact
• </c> psychologist interstate lensure compact. psychologist interstate lensure compact.

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• The proposed 7%-based budget increase covers most of the compact funding.
• , the university continues to request that the Legislature approve the full... covers most of the compact
• I want to thank Senator Archuleta and Senator Chao Bui for signing the letter to support the compact
• If the compact funding is not received, these cost-containment measures must go even further, including
• We appreciate the Governor funding the fifth year of the compact, We appreciate the Governor funding

Summary: The subcommittee heard May Revision proposals for higher education, beginning with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Finance proposed a one-time $10 million General Fund backfill to repay a special fund loan used to cover litigation costs, plus provisional language to allow budget flexibility for a remaining legal expense and to repay the loan without interest. The LAO opposed shifting the litigation costs to the General Fund and raised legal concerns about waiving interest on the loan, noting that special fund loans have historically been repaid with interest. Members asked about the litigation amount and the estimated interest savings, which Finance said would be about $245,000. The committee then discussed University of California funding, including the Governor’s proposed compact funding and a $1.5 million one-time increase for the First Star foster youth program at UC campuses. UC said the program has strong outcomes at UCLA, including a 100% college-going rate and high college completion rates, and that the new funding would expand the program to additional campuses and eventually be self-supporting through fundraising. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposal, arguing that UC already has overlapping outreach programs, including the Early Academic Outreach Program, and that the new initiative would duplicate existing services. Several senators questioned whether the state should expand a new program instead of strengthening existing ones, while UC and Finance emphasized the program’s focus on foster youth and its high success rates. For the California Community Colleges, Finance outlined the May Revision’s increase to the Student-Centered Funding Formula COLA from 2.41% to 4.31%, along with enrollment growth funding, categorical COLAs, deferred maintenance, and other ongoing and one-time investments. The Chancellor’s Office supported the flexible “super COLA” approach and asked for more enrollment growth funding, arguing that many districts are already above current targets and that unfunded growth restricts access. The LAO recommended funding at least the statutory COLA, redirecting some ongoing funds to enrollment growth or one-time priorities, and rejecting the $9.7 million Adult Learner Demonstration Project because districts already have incentives to do similar work. Senators pressed Finance and the Chancellor’s Office on the use of COLA funds to cover the new paid pregnancy disability leave requirement, the impact on hold-harmless and basic-aid districts, and whether the state should fund actual enrollment growth rather than a flat COLA. The committee also reviewed California Student Aid Commission proposals, including adjustments to Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship funding, continued Golden State Teacher Grant funding, and implementation of the federal Workforce Pell program. Finance said the Middle Class Scholarship changes reflected updated caseload estimates and that the higher 35% unmet-need level had been one-time funding, while CSAC urged continued support and noted the importance of financial aid for student success. The LAO recommended rejecting additional Golden State Teacher Grant funding as not well-targeted and urged caution on Workforce Pell trailer bill language, citing uncertainty about federal rules, ongoing administrative workload, and the need for clearer implementation planning. Members also raised concerns about declining CADAA applications and the need to better promote state aid for undocumented and mixed-status students. No votes were taken during the transcripted portion, and the committee moved through the agenda items with questions and testimony.

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• Last year, um, we joined the social work compact, and that's going to require some pretty significant
• Work compact and that's going to require some pretty significant changes to our internal database and
• how we handle that information, both it being presented or distributed between the compact and us.
• The compact is still determining what all we'll need to do and, you know, the expectations we'll need
• He didn't tell you he serves on that compact board. Okay.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

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• THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT WE HAVE TERMED IMLC IN MAY THEY HAD SIX
• WITH OTHER IT IS FITTING STATE SO WE COULD DETERMINE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPACT
• WE HAVE THE INTERSTATE COMPACT. THIS IS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. IN NURSING IN PARTICULAR.
• THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE EVEN CHANGED. IT IS A DYNAMIC NUMBER.
• THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT HAS TAKEN OFF.

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• designed to protect Idaho's water future by asserting our legal guaranteed rights under the Bear River Compact
• designed to protect Idaho's water future by asserting our legal guaranteed rights under the Bear River Compact
• Just for a refresher, what the Bear River Compact is: it was a congressional creation by the United States
• acre-feet of water in the lower division of the Bear River, and that water belongs to Idaho under the compact

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

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• that were raised about the repeals relating to the Salmon Creek irrigation project and the water compact
• Water Conservation Development Fund that has been inactive since 1994, and then the remainder of the compact
• language on the Salmon Falls Creek water compact that was never adopted.
• apologize: I said the Salmon Falls Creek irrigation project, and I meant the Columbia Interstate Compact

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

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• So yes, compactness has been involved.
• I was much more compact than that. And they were drawn much more compact than that.
• That's not compact.
• They emphasize compactness in whole counties and whole cities.
• Irregular shapes are now more compact.

Bills: HB4 , HB4

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• This law does not apply to professions covered by interstate licensing compacts, electrical contractors
• licenses would be valid only in Missouri and cannot be used for interstate reciprocity with any other compact
• With any other compact participation. And, like I said, this is a good workforce development bill.
• I don't think of professional occupations because they more or less either have multi-state compacts
• Either have multi-state compacts or licensing in all states, and really a lot of uniformity, kind of

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

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• Chief Wantagh was actually the Grand Sachem of the Montaukett Indians and in 1657 signed the land compact
• community was being renamed from Ridgewood, the descendant, Thomas Seaman, of the earlier signer of that compact
• Chief Wantau was actually the Grand Statement of the Montaukid Indians and in 1657 signed the land compact
• community was being renamed from Ridgewood, the descendant, Thomas Seaman, of the earlier signer of that compact

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met on May 5, 2026, and considered a series of bills, several of them brought up through motions for committee consideration. Chair Shelley Mayer said she would allow brief remarks but stated her opposition to those motioned bills, emphasizing her general practice of giving minority members’ bills consideration. The committee first took up S-16 (Jacob’s Law, on bullying and related school safety issues), which was moved out of committee on a majority vote, with Senators Jackson and Bynoe recorded without recommendation. The committee then debated S-717, a local bill by Senator Rose to exempt the Wantagh Union Free School District from the state’s indigenous mascots/logos restrictions. Senator Rose argued Wantagh’s mascot and name are tied to local history and not intended to denigrate anyone. The bill was moved, but the committee vote was not favorable enough to advance it, and it was referred onward to the Investigations Committee. S-4496, Senator White’s bill to protect women’s sports from what supporters described as unfair competition by biological males, drew strong support from the sponsor and strong opposition from Chair Mayer, who said she opposed it as mean-spirited and unnecessary; the bill did not advance. The committee also considered several school bus and transportation bills. S-4748, by Senator Borrello, would repeal the electric school bus mandate and replace it with a feasibility study; he cited safety, cost, and operational problems with early adopters. S-8847, by Senator White, similarly sought to remove electric bus mandates and leave decisions to local districts, and S-9667, by Senator Ryan, would delay the zero-emission school bus mandate by five years. The committee advanced some of these measures to other committees or the floor, while others did not move. In addition, the committee approved S-7788 on special education reserve funds, S-8288A on reasonable rates for public school room use, S-8368 on records retention for Education Department proceedings, S-8370 on temporary resident placement of children with disabilities, S-8370 on release of student records to juvenile detention facilities, and S-1049 on updating the Dignity for All Students Act’s cyberbullying definition to include AI-related harassment.

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• </c> compact municipalities like conquered. compact municipalities like conquered.
• The same project inside a compact area requires local match.
• urban compact is 100% federally<01:28:24.480><c> funded.
• </c> compact communities and others. compact communities and others.
• Uh, and I also don't believe it neither does it relate to the compact or urban compact section sections

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• And when we redistricted in the state, we made the Louisville districts much more compact and much more
• The neighbors were then, were before, and are now in compact and they're together.
• :20:29.640><c> districts</c><00:20:30.040><c> much</c><00:20:30.240><c> more</c><00:20:30.400><c> compact
• </c> Louisville districts much more compact Louisville districts much more compact and<00:20:31.480><
• </c> now in compact and they're together. now in compact and they're together.

Committee: House Local Government

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• We passed a number of pieces of compact legislation in this last session.
• State entities just I don't believe any compacts passed, not entirely, not entirely.
• folks are saying if you do that, you're not part of the compact.
• So after talking about the compacts and the work's going to be done elsewhere, will they circle back
• and give us the results of what the compacts you're looking for towards the next session or 60 days?

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• in knowing how, in this day, the Commission balancing interstate obligations with the Rio Grande Compact
• When it comes to the compact, I'll let my colleague Nat Chakers And the next panel speak on what we can
• your question because New Mexico Will continue to have a delivery obligation under the Rio Grande compact
• Just briefly, what we are planning to settle are one the interstate compact dispute with.
• This will not violate the Rio Grande Compact deficit delivery cap. year because the delivery obligation

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• EMS personnel to obtain the privilege to practice in other compact states.
• 25 states have adopted the compact.
• Madam Chair, Logan, how many states have the compact, did you say?
• EMS personnel to obtain the privilege to practice in other compact states.
• Madam Chair, Logan, how many states have the compact, did you say?

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote. The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.

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• With a compact issue, I think I was working on that 15 years ago.
• So I hope that can be implemented on a couple of other things, the compact.
• and what's stopping them, or New Mexico's ability to join an interstate compact?
• These compacts would essentially get that time down to zero.
• But as far as the compact, I believe, if my memory serves me, it was a quick 60 days.

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• He said communities of color are often not very compact, so subordinating compactness could limit their
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• </c> color are often times not very Compact color are often times not very Compact and<00:25:13.120><
• </c><00:25:14.720><c> this</c> and so if you subordinated compact this and so if you subordinated compact