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• Uh, Federal actually happening.
• </c><00:09:10.160><c> There's</c> Atlanta Federal Reserve app. There's Atlanta Federal Reserve app.
• </c> in the education budget is from federal in the education budget is from federal and<00:18:32.320
• </c> its total revenues from the federal its total revenues from the federal government. government.
• </c> federal dollars coming in. federal dollars coming in. &gt;&gt; Exactly. &gt;&gt; Exactly.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• NCPA was on track to obtain critically needed funding from the federal and state government to support
• Adding to the federal challenges were pullbacks by the California Energy Commission associated with the
• So on the cost side, I think it's pretty clear that we need state or federal help to get this off the
• government shutdown.
• So we have a whole list of 17 state and federal agencies, and we work with two-mash divers and other

Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's now federal law.
• It will also, if it's approvable, draw down federal funds.
• The other two were the government shutdown, which. surveys.
• And they said that because of the government shutdown, it's a federal application, so they are not allowed
• And the government shutdown did not start.

Bills: SB1052 , SB1115 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1124 , SB1171 , SB1172 , SB1174 , SB1175 , SB1214 , SB1233 , SB1235 , SB1316 , SB1345 , SB1372 , SB1399 , SB1458 , SB1494 , SB1496 , SB1564 , SB1602 , SB1621 , SB1628 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1668 , SB1672 , SB1814 , SB1821

Committee: House Health & Human Services

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

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• </c> zero in federal income taxes. zero in federal income taxes.
• > government</c><01:11:27.760><c> that</c> He's suing the federal government that He's suing the federal
• </c> trillions of dollars to the federal trillions of dollars to the federal deficit.<06:24:04.558><c
• cases, federal judges have found that cases, federal judges have found that ICE<06:48:08.478><c> officials
• </c> government 702 searches violated federal government 702 searches violated federal law.<07:47:06.000

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Recent federal shutdowns have led to lapses in federal funding, which have resulted in short-term delays
• This loan authority increase would ensure our continuity of services during future federal budget shutdowns
• During the two federal shutdowns earlier this year, we experienced a significant delay in our funding
• federal shutdowns, multiple, some for the longest period on record.
• In federal fiscal year 2026, we do also project that we will exceed the federal target again.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• It's now federal law.
• Typically federal rules don't allow that.
• And they said that because of the government shutdown, it's a federal application, so they are not allowed
• And the government shutdown did not start.
• Federal reporting requirements apply primarily to Medicare Advantage and certain federally regulated

Committee: House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to radiation protection in cardiac catheterization labs and later a stem cell/regenerative therapy bill. On SB 1121, which would allow hospitals with radiation protection systems to let clinicians forgo lead aprons if they work in the designated safety area and use real-time dosimetry, testimony was largely supportive or neutral after a late amendment gave radiation safety officers discretion to require protective gear if exposures approach thresholds. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-1 vote. SB 1120, a more prescriptive bill requiring at least 50% of cath lab rooms in hospitals to be equipped with the radiation protection system, drew divided testimony: sponsors and several physicians argued it would reduce orthopedic injury and radiation exposure and improve recruitment and retention, while hospital and radiology groups objected to the mandate, cost, limited vendor pool, and lack of clarity in the bill’s definitions. After adopting an amendment excluding children’s hospitals, the committee deadlocked 6-6 and SB 1120 failed to pass. The committee then considered SB 1118, which would appropriate $3 million to help rural hospitals install radiation protection systems in cath lab rooms. The sponsor said the funding would help rural facilities meet the same safety goals, and the committee passed the bill 6-5. The committee also heard SB 1214, a “guardrails” bill regulating non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, requiring informed consent, sourcing and reporting standards, advertising limits, and civil penalties for violations. Supporters said it would protect patients while allowing access to promising therapies; some members raised concerns about evidence and commercialization, but after adopting a technical amendment, the bill passed 9-3. The transcript ended as the committee moved on to SB 1630, which would seek federal approval for a home- and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness; the sponsor described it as a capped, Medicaid-based community care option, and Access testified neutral while estimating a fiscal impact, but no final action on SB 1630 appears in the excerpt.

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• In 2005, the state went into a partial government shutdown, and she thought that was it.
• But let me be clear what really troubled her about the shutdown in 2005 and why she was so determined
• to avoid shutdowns when she was speaker.
• In 2005, the state went into a partial<00:25:52.000><c> government</c><00:25:52.400><c> shutdown,</c>
• shutdown, and she thought<00:25:54.159><c> that</c><00:25:54.400><c> was</c><00:25:54.480><c> it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The work must be completed in consultation with federally recognized tribes and with participation from
• government shutdown, was for the purpose of issuing food as opposed to issuing food benefits.
• government shutdown, was for the purpose of issuing food as opposed to issuing food benefits.
• Cuts, including from the federal government. This is about a teleSANE program.
• This is being driven by the federal government, in fact. And in fact, I think that's a problem.

Summary: The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 5998, the proposed operating budget, and received a staff briefing on 39 proposed amendments. The amendments covered a wide range of issues, including technical corrections; truancy intervention funding; public defense and Blake-related vacatur work; family reading, shellfish program review, cultural resource protection, agritourism, transmission planning, paid leave, developmental disabilities services, nursing home rates, TANF workforce services, food bank language, oral health access, behavioral health partnership access, sexual assault nurse examiner training, Department of Corrections security measures, child welfare staffing, pediatric interim care centers, Working Connections Child Care, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start, retiree health subsidies, school bus contractor costs, local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, charter school enrichment, arts grants, and a tribal liaison position. Several amendments were withdrawn before action, including the truancy increase, Blake funding, one DD-related amendment, and others. The committee adopted a number of amendments, including the technical corrections packet, reductions or savings-related corrections, the family reading program, shellfish review funding, the transmission-system implementation funding, the oral health foundation, the partnership access line, health technology assessment funding, the governor errata correction, the sexual assault nurse examiner training contract, the DOC canine scheduling language, the child welfare staffing correction, the people transportation language, the TTK-related amendment, and the tribal liaison funding. It rejected several others, including agritourism, paid leave study language, DD waiver expansion, nursing home add-ons, the PIC program, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start restoration, the LEA restoration amendment, and the arts grant restoration. Some amendments were withdrawn after discussion, including the DD waiver and LEA-related proposals. During debate, supporters of various amendments emphasized service needs for vulnerable populations, including people with developmental disabilities, survivors of sexual assault, Medicaid dental access, behavioral health callers, and students in Running Start and TTK. Opponents repeatedly cited budget constraints, the need for a sustainable operating budget, and the view that some issues were better addressed through collective bargaining or future negotiations. The committee then rolled the adopted amendments into a new substitute Senate Bill 5998 and voted to send it to the Rules Committee with a do-pass recommendation, subject to signatures. Several members stated they would vote no on the budget overall, while others supported it as a difficult but necessary compromise. The meeting adjourned after the final vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• Some of my observations include trying to navigate the federal climate that we're in about how do we
• We navigated the longest federal government shutdown in recent history, alongside...
• We navigated the longest federal government shutdown in recent history, alongside major policy shifts
• You touched on also the federal changes with HR1 and other federal decisions that we're seeing.
• So I'm worried about some of the policies and direction of the federal government, but ready to step

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held confirmation hearings for Ryan Moran to lead the Health Care Authority and Dennis Worsham to serve as Secretary of Health. Moran emphasized his personal background, experience in Maryland Medicaid, and priorities of protecting coverage amid federal changes, addressing health disparities, strengthening tribal partnerships, and improving agency operations. Worsham described his long public health career in Washington, his statewide listening tour, and his focus on collaboration, science-based decision-making, accountability, workforce support, and rebuilding public trust. Senators raised questions about behavioral health, social determinants of health, communication, misinformation, and the impact of federal policy changes; both nominees said Washington should continue leading on coverage, prevention, and public health resilience. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed SB 5899, allowing qualified chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on animals; SB 6292, creating a joint legislative-executive committee on health care financing with a substitute; SB 6182, establishing an abortion savings program, after rejecting several Christian-sponsored amendments and adopting a Bateman amendment limiting eligible organizations to DOH-contracted abortion providers or funds; SB 5947, creating the Washington Health Care Board; SJR 8206, proposing a constitutional right to affordable health care; and SB 5933, on overdose mapping information sharing, with a substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of both gubernatorial appointments. In a second group of bills, the committee passed SB 5823 on patient advocates with a substitute requiring at least one person physically present daily in acute care settings and expanding exemptions for certain hospitals; SB 6210 on the health plan certification process with a substitute; SB 5921 on psilocybin; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy with a substitute; and SB 5924 expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority with a substitute. Members discussed access, affordability, rural workforce shortages, and patient safety, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• Mark Anderson, who is our manager for our director for our Office of Federal Awards Management.
• Mark Anderson, who is our manager for our director for our Office of Federal Awards Management.
• </c><00:11:57.240><c> cost</c><00:11:57.880><c> um</c> in and we have to get a federal cost um in and
• shutdown deadline on March 15, six weeks from now.
• </c><00:32:08.440><c> shutdown</c> be facing once again a federal shutdown be facing once again a federal

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Under the new federal final rule, forthcoming federal guidance may help both the administration and the
• “A justification to the federal government for additional federal funding for federal fiscal year 2025
• This is the federal grievance process.
• When we have a federal government shutdown, that means that all of the funding that comes to us from
• the federal government stops.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , do we currently anticipate any changes from the federal government as?
• So around the federal changes affecting SNAP.
• It's a federal program.
• But once they are in the federal system, we no longer have oversight over them.
• Folks to comply with their federal rights. We do lots of mediation.

Keywords: 914, all

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• </c><06:36:55.600><c> procedures,</c> examine government shutdown procedures, examine government shutdown
• </c> privacy has protections through federal privacy has protections through federal law,<06:53:49.360
• </c> is presumptuous regarding the federal is presumptuous regarding the federal or<08:00:16.718><c>
• 00:18.718><c> the</c> or regarding federal deference to the or regarding federal deference to the state
• </c> citizens while formally urging federal citizens while formally urging federal agencies<08:03:10.878

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So those are not federal grants.
• For those unfamiliar, during the government shutdown, SNAP is a 100% federally funded program.
• The shutdown extended into November.
• When a project comes to the state of Utah, it requires state or federal money or state or federal dollars
• When a project comes to the state of Utah, if it requires state or federal money or state or federal

Committee: Joint Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee

Keywords: 985, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There are many federal level.
• </c><00:10:11.839><c> and</c> simply to comply with the federal and simply to comply with the federal
• </c> loss reimbursements at the federal loss reimbursements at the federal level.<00:30:53.520><c> We
• </c><00:39:36.480><c> SNAP</c> risk of losing access to federal SNAP risk of losing access to federal
• Recently, high inflation, the end of temporary federal supports, the government shutdown, and SNAP pauses

Bills: HF45 , HF1148 , HF3624 , HF3586 , HF777

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals

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• They just have to say, "This is the federal rules, and you follow the federal rules."
• </c> federally legal. federally legal.
• </c> federal rules." federal rules."
• federally federally So<01:00:40.000><c> federal</c><01:00:40.440><c> restrictions</c><01:00:40.960><
• </c> You know, it would just be the federal You know, it would just be the federal federal<01:00:53.080

Bills: SB3302 , SB2061 , SB2050 , SB2102 , SB2694 , SB2089 , SB847

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: SB3302, homemade food products, farm kitchens, home kitchens, Department of Health, DOH, food safety, food labeling, value-added agriculture, small farms, agricultural land, commercial food establishment permit, cottage food, direct-to-consumer sales, local food systems, Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 91, farm-to-table, food processing, public health regulation

Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard. A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.

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• Included in that care package would be the ability to apply for a federal waiver again to continue to
• </c> Minnesota um, to work with the federal Minnesota um, to work with the federal government<00:07:44.680
• It is strictly the request from the state of Minnesota to the federal government for the 18052 waiver
• </c> Have also been outlined by the Federal Trade Commission.
• </c> established ways of enacting the federal established ways of enacting the federal um um um COPPA

Bills: HF4502 , HF3388 , HF4106 , HF400 , HF4138 , HF4118 , HF4203

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: trusted contact, financial exploitation, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, fraud prevention, financial institution, banking, credit union, broker-dealer, account security, dormant account, consumer protection, scam, suspicious activity, protective services, law enforcement reporting, Minnesota Statutes chapter 45A, HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance

Transcript Highlights:

• We don't want to risk federal law.
• Let us deal with it on the federal level where we have federal standards.
• We are following federal law today.
• So we're covered by federal laws. ...operate a commercial motor vehicle, so we're covered by federal
• So what's required federally right now?

Bills: HB2056 , HB2057 , HB2224 , HB2257 , HB2265 , HB2311 , HB2352 , HB2367 , HB2369 , HB2446 , HB2532 , HB2592 , HB2752 , HB2809 , HB2957

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement

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• forfeit their federal VA benefits.
• I know... federal government. And if you forfeit federal government.
• </c> under chapter 6138 code of federal under chapter 6138 code of federal regulations. regulations.
• </c><01:36:21.679><c> law,</c> offenses in chapter 61 of federal law, offenses in chapter 61 of federal
• </c> they forfeit their federal VA benefits. they forfeit their federal VA benefits.

Bills: HF3521 , HF3563 , HF82 , HF2689 , HF1794 , HF3544 , HF3516 , HF1752

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

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• </c> impersonating armed masked federal impersonating armed masked federal agents.<01:40:29.199><c> If
• > are</c><01:42:56.320><c> when</c> federal the federal standards are when federal the federal standards
• </c> punishing our state guys for the federal punishing our state guys for the federal agencies.<01:49
• They’re officers of federal law.
• </c> against overreach of federal government. against overreach of federal government.

Bills: HF3433 , HF3402 , HF3412 , HF3405 , HF3404

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: assault weapons, semi-automatic rifle, military-style firearm, gun ban, firearms regulation, gun control, public safety, BCA, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, background check, transferee permit, private gun sale, waiting period, felony possession, gross misdemeanor, AR-15, AK-47, Uzi, TEC-9, high-capacity magazine