Transcript Highlights:

• The limited doctrine allowing compelled disclosures applies primarily to commercial advertising and only
• And this bill goes beyond that framework, and it applies to non-commercial speech regardless of whether
• We support workable AI transparency, but Washington should not hard code a technical approach that even
• California's age-appropriate design code, for example, was preliminarily blocked by a court that rejected

Bills: HB1170 , HB2157 , HB2225

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, AI-generated content, deepfake, synthetic media, content provenance, provenance data, metadata, watermarking, disclosure, transparency, consumer protection, unfair or deceptive acts, unfair competition, Washington RCW, Title 19 RCW, platform regulation, AI detection tool, media authenticity

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• The color coding on the bar charts indicates which agency the spend is from on this graph.
• Again, the color coding shows the breakdown by agency.
• million, so until a claim gets to that level, excess insurance doesn't kick in, but we do have some commercial
• It's not, over the long run, necessarily cost-effective to rely on a commercial insurer to pay, simply

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a work session covering the state revenue outlook, caseload forecasts, wildfire costs, budget balance, tort liability, water supply, and pension policy. The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported modest near-term U.S. growth, no near-term Washington employment growth in 2026, continued personal income growth, and elevated inflation, with tariffs and federal policy cited as major risks. Revenue forecasts were slightly improved for the current biennium by about $105 million but down about $185 million for the next biennium. Members asked about income inequality and housing permits; staff said personal income is an aggregate measure and housing production remains below long-term needs. The Caseload Forecast Council then reported that most forecasts were unchanged or only slightly changed, but several programs increased, including Washington College Grant, Working Connections, aged/blind/disabled cash grants, nursing homes, home and community services, and developmental disabilities personal care. The largest policy-driven change was in Medicaid low-income adult caseloads, where federal H.R. 1 was projected to reduce coverage substantially through narrower eligibility, community engagement requirements, and shorter eligibility periods. The committee also heard a wildfire funding update and a 2025 fire season review. Staff explained that the state budgets $93 million annually for suppression and uses supplemental appropriations for costs above that level, with an estimated state supplemental need of about $139 million for the current year. Department of Natural Resources officials said 2025 fire activity remained below the 10-year average in acres burned, but fires were more complex and closer to communities, contributing to higher residence loss. They described expanded use of aircraft, firefighters from other states, corrections crews, and the Arcadia 20 hand crew, and said the state did not need National Guard ground support this year. A budget preview then showed that the near general fund outlook had worsened after vetoes, lapses, and forecast changes, and that maintenance-level costs alone would leave a projected negative balance by fiscal year 2027 and about $4.3 billion by fiscal year 2029, before any policy decisions. Jason Seams, the state risk manager, reported a sharp rise in tort claim costs, with indemnity expenses nearly doubling from fiscal year 2023 to 2025 and DCYF accounting for most of the increase. He said the state self-insurance liability account has run deficits for four straight biennia and is now facing nearly $600 million in deficits, driven largely by a surge in DCYF claims, especially juvenile rehabilitation and long-running sex abuse cases. Members asked about the role of old claims, comparisons with other states, excess insurance, and whether more Attorney General staff could reduce special assistant attorney general costs. The committee then shifted to water policy, hearing from tribal leaders, Ecology, and the Washington Water Trust. Tribal witnesses emphasized overappropriation, declining flows, climate impacts, and the need for legislative oversight and tribal participation in water policy. Ecology described major projects in the Odessa sub-area, Yakima Basin, and Dungeness, along with the need for storage, recharge, conservation, and policy changes to support water supply development. The Washington Water Trust argued that climate change is reducing summer flows and that the state needs more funding, enforcement, and long-term commitment to restore instream flows. The final item was a pension update on LEOFF 1 surplus assets; staff reviewed two 2025 bills that would have merged or restructured the plan and used surplus assets, but neither passed, and instead the budget directed the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study the issue and report back.

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• We are on bar code amendment number two. Barcode number 573995 by Representative Soroy.
• On commercial, there is no relationship set up like that.
• On commercial, there is no relationship set up like that.
• It would be literally code if we went out and printed most of these EMRs.

Summary: The committee took up a large health and human services agenda and first approved HB 711, the Spectrum Alert bill, which would create a statewide alert system for missing autistic children and require FDLE to coordinate training with state and local agencies. The measure drew a supportive waiver from the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed unanimously, 24-0, reported favorably. Members then considered CS for HB 229 on health facilities, which modernizes the Health Facilities Authority Act to allow additional nonprofit health system structures to use tax-exempt financing. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring advance notice, public hearings, and stakeholder notifications before a nonprofit hospital closure, and another removing a property tax exemption for a nonprofit hospital that closes and fails to maintain emergency services for 120 days, applied retroactively to January 1, 2025. The Florida Hospital Association opposed the amendments, citing workforce and nonprofit-status concerns, but the bill as amended passed 24-0. The committee also approved CS for HB 1405 on juvenile justice status offenders, expanding early truancy intervention, parent involvement, and shelter placement review timelines; it passed 24-0. CS for HB 27, joining the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, and its linked public records bill CS for HB 29 both passed unanimously after supportive testimony from several advocacy and business groups. The committee then debated HB 111 on out-of-network referrals and HB 1083 on patient access to records. HB 111 would require referring practitioners to inform patients in writing when a referral is out of network and to apply out-of-network payments to deductibles; it drew opposition from medical groups over administrative burden and patient-care concerns, but passed 17-8. HB 1083 would shorten the time for producing medical records to 14 working days and standardize access rules, with amendments clarifying portal access and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2026; despite opposition from some health information and provider groups over HIPAA and access concerns, it passed 19-7 as amended. Later, the committee approved HB 883, allowing autonomous practice for psychiatric nurse practitioners with the required credentials, after strong support from nurse practitioner groups and opposition from psychiatric and medical associations; it passed 23-3. HB 1297, which aligns Florida’s electronic prescribing exceptions with federal law and removes several state exemptions, passed 19-7 despite opposition from hospice, emergency physician, rheumatology, and medical groups concerned about paper prescriptions in emergencies and hard-to-find medications. HB 1353 on home health care services and CS for HB 989 on foster home licensure transfers both passed unanimously after supportive amendments. The committee also heard HB 1505 on parental rights, which would require written parental consent for many health care services, surveys, and biofeedback devices for minors and expand parental access to records; the bill drew extensive support testimony but also questions and concerns about confidentiality, abuse reporting, and existing exceptions, and the transcript ended before a final vote on that bill.

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• of the foundation formula, you move away from locally varying homestead rates and you now have a uniform
• You identify the gap between the uniform statewide homestead rate once the foundation formula is rolled
• You identify the gap between the uniform statewide homestead rate once the foundation formula is rolled
• rates that are dependent on that local per pupil spending divided by the statewide yields and the uniform
• Creates a uniform education tax rate, which will then be multiplied by the different factors assigned

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• Chapter 245I is the Mental Health Uniform Service Standards Act.
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• service standards act health Uniform service standards act this<00:37:45.480><c> provides</c><00:37:
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• this provides for Uniform service and this provides for Uniform service and Licensing<00:37:47.680><

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This resolution amplifies the voices of California's commercial truck drivers and the lifeblood of our
• After a tragic fatal crash in Florida, which involved a commercial truck driver who resided in California
• , federal regulators found California's commercial driver's license program noncompliant, purportedly
• This bill amends the Health and Safety Code to require...
• energy. ...directs the California Energy Commission to develop a roadmap for fusion energy and commercialization

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Alberto Torrico, on behalf of the United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council and our 175,000
• Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act to bring an action in Superior Court against a person engaging in commercial
• prevail in the private right of action, there has to be actual harm resulting from the unlicensed commercial
• So it doesn't have to do anything with addressing the payroll reporting or that they are coded correctly
• The United Food and Commercial Workers represents employers across a broad section of industries, farms

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• definition to ensure that liability is not imposed on telecommunication services as defined under federal code
• And from some of the stories that I've heard from families affected by some of the changes in the commercial
• And from some of the stories that I've heard from families affected by some of the changes in the commercial
• commercial market, um it seems like some commercial market, um it seems like some of<00:35:29.440><c>

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This is Agency Code 404. Thank you. Just a moment to get to that in your binders.
• Just affordability, especially as we're looking at trying to convert vacant commercial properties into
• time and you are one of the first movers, the state of New Mexico is definitely a first mover for commercial
• But they're a commercial airport, so they can't do the things we're doing.
• We're not a commercial airport. We don't have to elbow our way into airspace because we have it.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The reality of where the uses are from municipal and agricultural, industrial, drill, and commercial
• designed to augment that fresh water and keep its uses directed to our citizens rather than to commercial
• We're also looking at two large commercial sites that are considered neglected because there's not been
• We also sent the samples to commercial certified labs for analysis, which included ammonia, alkalinity
• If you are not sure how to use the QR code, this has an interactive map so you can actually see precisely

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• SB 327 will put in code the public advocate's authority to discover information and review investor-owned
• sure that we're not throwing 5% hydrogen and now calling it 100% clean turbine, I would point to PUC Code
• I don't dispute that, but the fact is that the technologies are not yet commercially being applied, at
• worked with them on amendments that require standards for this UL standard, the California Electric Code
• , which is very important to the unions, as well as the National Electric Code.

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And liquor is what in the code is considered wine and spirits. So they're, they go.
• We ensure... compliance with the Alcoholic Beverage Code and handle cases administratively.
• Commercial lessors are individuals or entities that lease.
• error code: 502 that would have proposed to ban couriers. That was passed in the Senate.
• , they were scanning a QR code that was not the official Texas Lottery QR code. or is it everybody's,

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Assembly Bill 1795, which establishes a uniform statewide standard for the inspection, testing, and remediation
• health-driven standards for inspections, testing, and restoration of smoke-damaged homes, creating a uniform
• health-driven standards for inspections, testing, and restoration of smoke-damaged homes, creating a uniform
• insurance, Restorations of smoke-damaged homes, creating a uniform insurance claims-handling practice

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and handled a number of procedural motions, including suspending rules for adjournments in memory and guest introductions, rescinding prior action on SB 493, and re-referring several Senate bills to different committees. Members also recognized guests on the floor, including family members, interns, firefighters from the Corona Fire Department, and the Quartz Hill High girls’ soccer team, which was honored for its historic championship season. The main floor action was on AB 1795 by Assembly Member Gibson, the Smoke Damage Recovery Act, which would create statewide standards for inspecting, testing, and remediating wildfire smoke damage and set clearer insurance claim practices. Supporters said the bill would help wildfire survivors return home safely and urged science-based standards and a rebuttable presumption that contamination after a wildfire was caused by the fire; opponents warned the bill could raise costs and should better address government failures in fire recovery. The bill passed on a 54-6 vote, including the urgency clause. Members also adopted SCR 137, proclaiming March 15 as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, with remarks praising her role in advancing gender equality and equal rights. The resolution was adopted after 65 co-authors were added and then approved by voice vote. The consent calendar, including SJR 11, was adopted 71-0. A large portion of the session was devoted to adjournments in memory, including tributes to Larry Vane, Dr. William A. Burke, Colonel Alfred P. Glover, and Rita Semmel. The Assembly also honored departing Member James Gallagher, who gave extended farewell remarks before leaving for Congress. The house then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Thursday, June 11, at 9 a.m.

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• Mike and Donna have been together since high school, and Donna has seen Mike wear many uniforms during
• c><00:11:19.200><c> many</c> and Donna has seen Mike wear many and Donna has seen Mike wear many uniforms
• uniforms uniforms during<00:11:21.120><c> his</c><00:11:21.640><c> lifetime</c><00:11:22.280><c> of<

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• 12 in the Office of Administration under public safety, we have House File 3095, First Responder Uniform
• have House File 3095, have House File 3095, First<00:01:49.759><c> Responder</c><00:01:50.320><c> Uniform
• </c><00:01:51.200><c> Task</c><00:01:51.520><c> Force</c><00:01:52.000><c> at</c> First Responder Uniform
• ID Task Force at First Responder Uniform ID Task Force at $100,000<00:01:53.439><c> in</c><00:01:53.840

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee took up House File 1082 as a vehicle for the public safety finance bill and laid it over without taking official action. Staff walked through the DE6 amendment, which combines funding and policy provisions from several bills. The spreadsheet and bill summary showed appropriations for non-fatal shooting clearance grants, a domestic violence task force, a first responder uniform ID task force, and an increase to the Philando Castile training reimbursement fund, along with felony-related policy changes involving impersonating a police officer, medical facility security, theft from a vulnerable adult, and grooming offenses. The amendment also includes a $12 million transfer to the Minnesota victims of crime account, bringing the DE6 total to about $15.443 million for the biennium, with additional tail costs. Testimony focused heavily on the need to stabilize crime victim services funding. Katie Kramer of Violence Free Minnesota, speaking for multiple crime victims coalitions, urged support for the $12 million transfer, warning that flat funding and inflation have already forced program cuts, staff reductions, and service limits, and that a 20% cut could eliminate programs in rural areas. Tina Bronson of Alexandra House gave a similar account, describing how years of flat funding had reduced staff and programs and saying another cut would mean fewer advocates, longer waits, and less access for survivors. Both witnesses argued that victim services are an essential part of public safety and asked lawmakers to maintain existing services rather than expand them. In member discussion, the chair said the $12 million was intended as one-time funding to keep victim services at roughly prior-year levels and explained that the money would be distributed through the existing competitive grant process. A member asked about the grooming language and whether it could affect teenage relationships; nonpartisan staff clarified that the school-related offense applies only when there is a position of authority, and that existing criminal sexual conduct law already addresses age-differential situations. Members and the chair closed by describing the package as bipartisan and expressing appreciation for the committee’s work, with the chair noting the bill was being laid over for later consideration.

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• The bill ensures fair and timely reimbursement, stronger dealer protections, and creates a uniform process
• protections,<00:14:58.040><c> and</c><00:14:58.240><c> creates</c><00:14:58.600><c> a</c><00:14:58.680><c> uniform
• </c> protections, and creates a uniform protections, and creates a uniform process<00:14:59.880><c> for

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 00:36 Roll Call 02:26 SB 291 07:42 SB 291 Vote 10:39 SB 94 19:53 SB 94 Vote, 958, all

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• Firstly, it protects the political rights of uniformed first responders.
• This legislation does not authorize campaigning in uniform.
• They're not all uniform.
• bargaining agreement language, but actually in the form of a statute so that we could see that it is uniform

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the county, was not included within bicycles because it was not within the statute and there was no uniform
• So to your point, the safety task force that you're looking at would be a way for us to create a uniform
• the county, was not included within bicycles because it was not within the statute and there was no uniform
• So to your point, the safety task force that you're looking at would be a way for us to create uniform

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills. Senate Bill 628, naming a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor three Navy sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack, drew supportive remarks from senators and was reported favorably. Senate Bill 382 addressed electric bicycles and scooters by requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, limit speed near pedestrians, and use audible signals, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements; witnesses from law enforcement, local government, and school boards supported the bill but urged clearer inclusion of e-scooters and better data collection, and the bill was reported favorably. Senate Bill 880 created a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and Senate Bill 696 authorized online trademark registration applications and updated trademark classification and verification procedures; both were reported favorably with little opposition. The committee also took up Chair DeSigley’s CS for SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red-light running, school-zone speeding, and school-bus violations. The bill aimed to increase consistency, transparency, and fairness by limiting data use, requiring records retention, authorizing virtual hearings, restricting commissions, and adding school board approval and reporting requirements for school-bus camera programs. An amendment was adopted to clarify several provisions, including the definition of careful and prudent driving, limits on camera data use, contract timing for commission prohibitions, and reporting on violations outside authorized enforcement periods. Members raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, school-zone notice, and whether all-day school-zone enforcement should continue; Hillsborough County law enforcement testified in support of all-day enforcement based on crash data, while the sponsor said he would continue working on clarifications. After debate, the amended bill was reported favorably.

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• the county, was not included within bicycles because it was not within the statute and there was no uniform
• So, to your point, the safety task force that you're looking at would be a way for us to create a uniform
• the county, was not included within bicycles because it was not within the statute and there was no uniform
• So to your point, the safety task force that you're looking at would be a way for us to create uniform

Bills: S0382 , S0628 , S0654 , S0696 , S0880

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Keywords: transportation facility designations, road naming, highway designation, honorary designation, memorial highway, memorial boulevard, memorial interchange, airport naming, FDOT markers, Florida Department of Transportation, State Road 80, SR 80, U.S. 90, U.S. 41, A1A, Turnpike interchange, Kissimmee Park Road, Bobby Bowden, Donald Trump Highway, President Donald J. Trump Highway

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills, all of which were reported favorably. First, SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson, Petty Officer Muhammad Hatham, and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing remembrance and support for the families. The committee then heard CS/SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. The bill would require riders on shared pathways to yield to pedestrians, sound an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements. Law enforcement, local officials, and school board representatives supported the bill and described safety concerns and data gaps, while several senators raised questions about enforcement and asked that e-scooters be addressed more explicitly. The bill was reported favorably. Members also approved SB 880, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and SB 696, which allows online trademark registration applications and updates Florida’s trademark classification and verification procedures. Finally, the committee took up CS/CS/SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red light, school zone speeding, and school bus violations. The bill and an amendment added guardrails on data use, hearings, reporting, signage, and contract limits; senators raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, and school zone enforcement, and a Hillsborough County sheriff’s representative testified that all-day school zone enforcement has improved safety. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after recording additional affirmative votes on SB 628 from Senators Martin and Smith.

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• Third principle: stability and uniformity.
• stability</c><00:07:25.840><c> and</c> Third principle, stability and Third principle, stability and uniformity
• 26.960><c> Election</c><00:07:27.360><c> law</c><00:07:27.680><c> should</c><00:07:27.919><c> be</c> uniformity
• Election law should be uniformity.

Keywords: Discussion of HR 7 00:05:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee met, established a quorum, and opened with the pledge and prayer. Members then made several brief introductions of interns and guests from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. The chair also reminded members about microphone use, cell phones, and the 24-hour rule for committee amendments and substitutes. The sole substantive item was House Resolution 7, sponsored by Representative Hodgson, which set out guiding principles for Kentucky elections. Hodgson described principles including fair and secure elections, accessibility balanced with security, citizen-only voting, stability and uniformity in election procedures, prompt and accurate results, transparency, accountability, and preservation of state control over elections. Members generally supported the resolution; Representative Marzian asked whether Kentucky already follows these principles and raised the issue of low poll-worker pay, while Representative Hancock asked about protecting voter registration data and privacy. Hodgson responded that transparency applies to the process, not personal information, and that Kentucky protects ballot secrecy and voter data. Representative Chester Burton also asked about election security, and Hodgson said Kentucky’s system relies on bipartisan poll workers and mutual oversight at polling places. Representative Marzian asked whether Social Security numbers are still required for voter registration, and members indicated they are, with a follow-up promised to the committee. The committee then voted 15-0 to pass the resolution with favorable expression. Before adjournment, Hodgson encouraged additional co-sponsors, and the chair noted the committee would likely meet again the following Thursday.