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• We are striking administrative hearings.
• </c> that's what I'm hearing from Mr. Powell. that's what I'm hearing from Mr. Powell.
• </c> many of you were here for that hearing many of you were here for that hearing last<00:34:50.960>
• It's important that we hear from you.
• </c> It's important that we hear from you. It's important that we hear from you.

Bills: HF3174 , HF3800

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• In addition, I would our last hearing.
• </c> question would be, are we going to hear question would be, are we going to hear from<00:02:43.320
• </c><00:03:01.600><c> from</c> and I for one would like to hear from and I for one would like to hear
• :04:13.080><c> the</c> lot of time in information hearings, the lot of time in information hearings,
• Clark in do want to hear from Mr.

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Can you hear me? Aloha.
• Can you guys hear me? Okay, cool. Um, thank you so much, committee, for calling this to a hearing.
• Can you guys hear me? &gt;&gt; Hi. Can you guys hear me? &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.
• Thank you for hearing this bill.
• Thank you for hearing you very much. Thank you for hearing this<01:14:59.840><c> bill.

Bills: HB1183 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1663 , HB1664 , HB1859 , HB2116 , HB2271 , HB2276 , HB2335 , HB2360 , HB2387 , HB2472 , HB1805 , HB2469 , HB1815 , HB1860 , HB2117 , HB2118 , HB2437 , HB2438 , HB2604 , HB1590 , HB2156 , HB2268

Committee: House Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• :16.799><c> and</c><00:24:17.120><c> I'll</c> close the public hearing and I'll close the public hearing
• </c> We'll again open up the public hearing We'll again open up the public hearing on<00:34:33.599><c
• </c><00:38:06.320><c> Hearing</c> further questions, comments? Hearing further questions, comments?
• </c><00:46:13.440><c> after</c> it only requires three hearings after it only requires three hearings
• </c> public hearing. Do I have a motion? public hearing. Do I have a motion?

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• That's what we're talking about in this hearing.
• That's what we're talking about in this hearing.
• That's what we're talking about in this hearing.
• </c> years yet I'm hearing it still happens. years yet I'm hearing it still happens.
• :28.800><c> are</c> I'm hearing those parameters are I'm hearing those parameters are disregarded.<00

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• I didn't really hear I's, but I didn't hear any nays either.
• I didn't really hear I's, but I didn't<01:14:25.760><c> hear</c><01:14:26.000><c> any</c><01:14:26.239
• So, I'm didn't hear any nays either.
• Uh, I hear you, Chair.
• Uh, I hear you, Chair.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> you for your testimony next we'll hear you for your testimony next we'll hear from<00:31:57.559>
• Thank you, Chair, and committee, for hearing us.
• Next, we will hear from Michael Doll. Next, we will hear from Michael Doll.
• </c><01:19:28.639><c> from</c> unless you want to hear from unless you want to hear from Dan<01:19:30.960
• So thank you to the committee for hearing this today.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> parents</c> Gilman we're hearing a lot about parents Gilman we're hearing a lot about parents needing
• So I think we hear a lot about this, but I don't hear a lot of examples.
• So I think we hear a lot about this, but I don't hear a lot of examples.
• </c> know the one thing that I do hear know the one thing that I do hear sometimes<00:39:32.000><c> is
• Um, it also tests for hearing loss.

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, seeing none, we will close the hearing on Senate Bill 39 and we will open the hearing on Senate
• /c><00:43:09.319><c> 40</c> open the hearing on Senate Bill 40 open the hearing on Senate Bill 40 relative
• Thank you. and some other folks I did hear from um and some other folks I did hear from um DMV<01:19:
• the hearing...
• </c> 51 as seeing none I'll close the hearing 51 as seeing none I'll close the hearing on<01:32:51.040

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• We met at the Senate hearing.
• Seeing none, we'll close the hearing on SB 21, and in about 15, 20 minutes, we'll open the next hearing
• Am I having 10 hearings?
• But we also need to hear prove that.
• </c> members of the school board would hear members of the school board would hear as<02:17:40.399><c

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 102, which would make informational materials about type 1 diabetes available on the Department of Education website. Senator Ward said the bill is intended to help parents, teachers, and school staff recognize early symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and weight loss so children can be referred for care before they develop diabetic ketoacidosis. He noted that a newer blood test can identify some children at risk earlier than in the past. Members asked how people would be directed to the website, and Ward said the information would be posted online and also distributed in handouts, with school personnel helping spread awareness. He emphasized the bill is informational only and not a diagnostic or treatment tool. Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives from the Dartmouth Diabetes Link and students with type 1 diabetes who described delayed diagnoses, emergency hospitalizations, and the difficulty of having symptoms misunderstood as stress, athletics, or normal teenage changes. They said the bill could help parents, teachers, and peers recognize warning signs earlier and reduce the risk of life-threatening ketoacidosis. One witness noted that New Hampshire ranks high in childhood type 1 diabetes, and another said even a single person seeing the information could make a difference. A retired diabetes educator and state representative also testified in support. The hearing on SB 102 was then closed. The committee then opened the hearing on Senate Bill 211, which would require school sports teams to be designated as male, female, or co-ed, bar biological males from female-designated teams and locker rooms, and create a cause of action for violations. Senator Avard said the bill responds to constituent concerns and is meant to protect fairness, safety, and privacy for biological females. In questioning, he said girls could still play on boys’ teams, but boys could not play on girls’ teams, and he said he would be open to changes. Opponents, including an attorney from LGBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, argued the bill is substantially the same as a law passed the previous year that was already challenged in federal court and found likely unconstitutional under equal protection and Title IX; they urged the committee to mark it inexpedient to legislate. The transcript cuts off before any committee vote or further action on SB 211.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:05:41.400><c> and</c> expertise to conduct sound hearings and expertise to conduct sound hearings
• </c> involves you know delay of of hearings involves you know delay of of hearings which<00:10:59.839
• </c><00:12:51.440><c> we're</c> so for us because we're hearing we're so for us because we're hearing
• And in the 24 days of hearings, do you have all the board members who are available go to that hearing
• I think it is... hearing or is it you pick three and and hearing or is it you pick three and and we'll

Summary: The committee first heard from the Personnel Appeals Board, which explained that it became an independent state agency after Senate Bill 487 and was presenting its first standalone operating budget. The board described its quasi-judicial role in hearing appeals from classified state employees over disciplinary actions such as warnings, suspensions, and terminations, and said it handles about 25 to 35 cases a year, with some cases lasting longer because of their complexity. Members also outlined the need for a chair and vice chair who are attorneys, the board’s current staffing and space needs, and its plan to move away from reliance on Administrative Services for office support and website functions. The board requested about $353,500 for fiscal year 2026, including startup costs, routine operating expenses, and two new part-time positions: a program director and a paralegal. Members said the budget reflects the new independent status, includes funding for only four board members rather than the authorized five, and is designed to avoid full-time staffing costs and benefits. Legislators asked about the cost per case, the board’s relationship to DAS, whether appeals must go through the board before court, and how often cases are appealed further. The board said appeals must first go through it, that court appeals are infrequent but have increased recently, and that the board’s process is intended to resolve disputes more quickly and less expensively than court litigation. Committee members also asked about the board’s caseload, outcomes, and staffing. The board said that in the prior year there were 22 cases, with four decisions overturned in favor of employees, nine dismissals, and nine settlements, and that many disputes are resolved before reaching the board through a multi-step internal process. A member noted the governor and council had recently approved a new board member and were expected to approve a fifth soon. The discussion ended with questions about the board’s website and records access, which members said would need to be moved from Administrative Services as part of the agency’s transition. The committee then moved to the New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities. The executive director explained that the council is 100 percent federally funded under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and develops a five-year plan to address the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She said the council works with state agencies and advocacy organizations on quality-of-life issues, accessibility, voter rights training, and plain-language or easy-to-read materials, and that 60 percent of its membership must be individuals with disabilities or family members/guardians. She also described the council’s funding structure, including reimbursement to the state for operating costs, and noted that it currently has three full-time and three part-time positions, with no new positions requested but one full-time position being eliminated and replaced after a pandemic-era staffing change did not work out as planned.

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, so with that, we're going to open up the hearing for HB 1089 and hear from the prime sponsor
• > prime</c><00:17:56.000><c> sponsor,</c> hear from the prime sponsor, hear from the prime sponsor, HB
• No, I actually we're actually doing that one. going to close the hearing. going to close the hearing.
• </c><02:04:12.600><c> on</c><02:04:12.920><c> hear</c> summarize, did you ever hear on hear summarize
• , did you ever hear on hear around<02:04:13.360><c> the</c><02:04:13.440><c> mill</c><02:04:13.720><c

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• from us and hearing our concerns.
• I hear you.
• I couldn't hear it.
• previous two hearings.
• So if you all hear, the amendment that we are hearing right now is the bill.

Summary: The Committee on Rules heard a long agenda of growth-management, elections, education, housing, and professional-licensing bills. The first major item was SB 354 on “Blue Ribbon Projects,” a framework for very large planned developments on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area. After adopting a strike-all amendment, senators debated whether the bill adequately protected conservation land, local government authority, neighboring property, concurrency, and multi-county projects. Supporters argued it would create more orderly, master-planned growth and preserve large areas of land; opponents said the reserve areas were too weakly protected and the bill preempted local control. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably on a party-line style roll call, with Chair Pasadomo and Vice Chair Jones voting no. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates to disclose any foreign citizenship and, through amendments, adds a 2026 congressional qualifying framework tied to apportionment and redistricting, including revised petition rules and deadlines. Members discussed disclosure, redistricting, and candidate vetting, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill, was also amended and approved; the amendments addressed My Safe Florida Home, unclaimed property, firefighter hiring, workforce housing code accommodations, and related financial-services issues. CS/CS/SB 1620, the school board members’ bill of rights, was narrowed by substitute amendment to focus on access to records, fiscal transparency, NDAs, and related rights, and it passed after supportive testimony from school board and superintendent representatives. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material,” after debate over whether the terminology change could affect the seriousness of the crime or existing case law. SB 1548, a Live Local/affordable housing update, was reported favorably with little debate. Finally, the committee approved the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates, after amending it to require immediate supervision by a licensed veterinarian. Throughout the meeting, many public commenters and senators weighed in on the balance between development and conservation, local control, and the scope of state regulation, with several bills drawing both strong support and strong opposition before final votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• What I'm hearing and I've heard future.
• Did I hear you say that correctly?
• I'm who I'm hearing complaints about.
• You know, I hear complaints about DEED all the time. I hear complaints about DLI.
• And then what else did we hear?

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• And then we will hear the DEED budget bill, file number 1832, which I will present.
• </c><00:21:06.919><c> your</c> uh I just want to you know hear your uh I just want to you know hear your
• We always hear about what's happening.
• I hope you can hear me okay.
• Next hearing will be Monday, March 10th. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you, committee, for hearing my bill, Senate Bill 88.
• This is something we hear a lot at the authority. We hear a lot of requests for things like this.
• </c><01:53:27.159><c> on</c> opposed and I will close the hearing on opposed and I will close the hearing
• and hearing your concerns on this.
• </c> at all um and I you I I just hearing at all um and I you I I just hearing from<02:11:32.679><c>

Committee: Senate Commerce

Transcript Highlights:

• Today we will hear Senate Files 2831, 3548, 3339, and 3963, but we'll be starting our hearings in the
• Um you hearing your testimony today.
• First, today we will hear All right.
• Next, we'll hear education omnibus bill.
• </c><01:30:06.719><c> on</c> a very um important hearing on a very um important hearing on Wednesday.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• With consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved, hearing no objections
• Hearing no objection, so ordered. Third order of business, message from the Senate.
• will be suspended and Substitute Senate Bill 6003 will be placed on the second reading calendar, hearing
• Hearing no objections, so ordered.
• Tuesday, March 3rd, the 51st Legislative Day, hearing no objection, so ordered.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278 , SB5831 , SB5915 , SB5963 , SB6025 , SB6046 , SB6084 , SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6137 , SB6188 , SB6291 , HB2689 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5957 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6011 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151 , SB6244

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government, RCW 57, real property disposal, personal property, notice of intent to sell, public auction

Transcript Highlights:

• With consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved, hearing no objections
• Hearing no objection, so ordered. Third order of business, message from the Senate.
• will be suspended and Substitute Senate Bill 6003 will be placed on the second reading calendar, hearing
• Hearing no objections, so ordered.
• Tuesday, March 3rd, the 51st Legislative Day, hearing no objection, so ordered.

Summary: The House opened by approving the previous day’s minutes and adopting a series of honorary and commemorative resolutions, including recognitions for individuals, Every Child Matters Day, the Seattle Seahawks, Washington’s economic ties with Mexico and Canada, and the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The House also received messages from the Senate announcing passage of several measures, including Substitute House Bill 2230, Substitute Senate Bill 5647, and engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 61, along with notice of a signed second engrossed substitute House bill. Under the fourth order of business, bills, memorials, and resolutions on the introduction sheet were sent to the designated committees, and Substitute Senate Bill 6003 was suspended from the rules and placed on the second reading calendar. Under committee reports, the listed bills were referred as directed. Later, the Rules Committee was relieved of Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5107 and Substitute Senate Bill 6226, and both were placed on the second reading calendar. No debate or recorded votes occurred. The House adjourned by consent until 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, the 51st Legislative Day.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill extends the sunset for remote court hearings from January 1, 2027.
• We've had hearings on this topic.
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second-day consent calendar.
• Seeing your hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.
• All motions shall be continued, seeing and hearing no further business.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a largely procedural session with several unanimous-consent motions, guest introductions, and budget-related trailer bills. Members also adopted resolutions recognizing June as Dairy Month and June 2026 as Electronic Dance Music Month, and later approved H.R. 88 commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Guest introductions highlighted the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Kappa League, Assembly staff member Mukhtar Ali, and Jennifer Levy, who is advocating against drunk driving after the death of her son. On the floor, the Assembly considered a series of Senate budget trailer bills presented by Assembly Member Gabriel. SB 170 reorganizes housing and homelessness agencies; SB 171 makes labor-related cleanup changes; SB 172 addresses general government, broadband, and NextGen 9-1-1; SB 174 extends remote court hearings and related court provisions; SB 177 advances options related to Medi-Cal and employer contributions; SB 180 extends the California Competes tax credit and conforms tax treatment for certain savings accounts; SB 169 covers transportation and DMV-related provisions; SB 168 creates a zero-emission vehicle incentive program and other clean-energy changes; SB 166 implements natural resources and environmental protection budget items; SB 165 extends the skilled nursing facility financing framework; SB 163 updates developmental services; and SB 135 funds higher education initiatives, including community college enrollment and Cal Grant changes. Most of these measures passed with bipartisan support, though several drew opposition over concerns about bureaucracy, fees, oversight, or policy direction. The Assembly also passed SB 719, which updates vehicle-related protections for domestic violence survivors, SB 97, an urgency bill making clarifying changes to digital financial asset law, SB 1350, which supports hydrogen and clean energy development, and SB 1344, which aims to reduce meritless lawsuits delaying affordable and supportive housing projects. AB 182, which sets the order for proposition numbers on the November ballot, was approved despite criticism that it manipulates the ballot numbering process. Votes on the measures were recorded, with many passing on strong margins and several transmitted immediately to the Senate or Governor as noted in the proceedings.