Transcript Highlights:

• their children, both boys and girls, being subjected to online exploitation through sex trafficking. abortion
• Texas should repeal all Kinsey bans. laws.

Bills: SB20 , SB1621 , SB412 , SB441 , SB442

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• So, that task force would have had to have been aborted had this bill been in effect.
• So, that task force would have had to have been aborted had this bill been in effect.
• So, that task force would have had to have been aborted had this bill been in effect.
• So, that task force would have had to have been aborted had this bill been in effect.
• So, that task force would have had to have been aborted had this bill been in effect.

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• on the board while Planned Parenthood Advocates was promoting an agenda that extended far beyond abortion
• I will administer the statutes, and under DHS statutes with abortion, we will continue to regulate abortion
• clinics under the statutes and put out the abortion report as required by statute.
• With respect to abortion, we regulate the clinics and we put out the abortion report. Okay.
• attorney general, who the attorney general has openly stated that she will not enforce Arizona's abortion

Committee: Senate Director Nominations

Transcript Highlights:

• Allowing abortion drugs to be dispensed without standard identifying information raises real concerns
• ><c> than</c> abortion medications differently than abortion medications differently than any<00:12:34.560
• Abortion care access is a labor rights issue, plain and simple.
• Abortion<00:16:23.279><c> care</c><00:16:23.680><c> access</c><00:16:24.240><c> is</c><00:16:24.560><
• Abortion care access is a labor rights issue,<00:16:26.480><c> plain</c><00:16:26.720><c> and</c><00

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Summary: The HHS committee met in Room 224 and announced the hearing was being streamed live, with a one-minute limit on testimony. The chair explained that written testimony had already been reviewed and that speakers should either add new comments or stand on their written testimony. The committee first heard SB 2211, an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including DHS, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Food Industry Association, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Catholic Charities, and many individuals. Supporters emphasized the importance of maintaining SNAP-related food assistance and emergency food delivery, while Catholic Charities raised a question about whether the bill’s language would also reach food banks serving food-insecure households that are not on SNAP. No opposition was heard and the bill was moved on without questions from members. The committee then heard SB 2025, which would exempt actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses from jury duty. Testimony was broadly supportive from nursing and health organizations, including the Hawaii American Nurses Association, the Hawaii affiliate of the College of Nurse Midwives, the Hawaii State Board of Nursing, and others. One witness from Kaiser Permanente requested an amendment to include physician assistants, and a committee member asked the Board of Nursing to review that request. The bill otherwise drew no opposition and no further member questions. SB 2038, relating to medication labeling, drew the most extended discussion. The measure would change labeling requirements for certain abortion medications, and testimony was split between supporters who framed it as a privacy and access issue and opponents who raised patient safety, ethics, and transparency concerns. The Department of Health supported the intent but requested an amendment to allow quicker access to private information during investigations without a subpoena. The Board of Pharmacy said it supported the written comments but noted operational challenges and possible cost impacts, while Kaiser said compliance would likely require manual workarounds and could slow pharmacy processes. The chair and members questioned whether patients could simply remove labels themselves, but witnesses said there could still be safety and access issues if the patient is not the one receiving the prescription. The committee then moved on to SB 2050, relating to chiropractic, which received support from the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, with no substantive opposition noted. The hearing later turned to SB 201, relating to insurance, which appeared to be a new mandated-benefit measure tied to infertility/IVF coverage. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission provided comments, while Hawaii Family Forum opposed the bill, arguing it went beyond medical infertility and raised ethical and public policy concerns. Kaiser and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans both asked for a study or audit, saying the measure could create new insurance mandates and increase costs for residents and employers. Private Work Hawaii strongly supported the bill as an equity issue. The committee noted there was no quorum for decision-making and deferred action on the measure to a later hearing, then recessed.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> whether or not we're funding abortion. whether or not we're funding abortion.
• That's... abortion. Paid for you, paid for by you, abortion.
• </c> want their taxes going to fund abortion. want their taxes going to fund abortion.
• </c> not go to abortion not go to abortion services.<03:27:52.000><c> I've</c><03:27:52.239><c> got</
• </c> on abortion. on abortion.

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill establishes the Abortion Access Fund to provide funding for abortion services and a gender-affirming
• Health Access and other health care advocates on Medicaid provisions, gender-affirming care, and abortion
• Health Access and other health care advocates on Medicaid provisions, gender-affirming care, and abortion
• We support provisions that ensure access to immunizations, gender-affirming care, and abortion services
• We support provisions that ensure access to immunizations, gender affirming care, and abortion services

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on the September budget package, which included SB 105 and a series of trailer bills covering health, human services, education, resources, child care, transportation, labor, public safety, housing, revenue, background checks, collective bargaining, and a special election. The Department of Finance described the package as largely technical and clarifying, but also responsive to state and federal changes, especially H.R. 1. Key items included roughly $3.3 billion in Proposition 4 climate and environmental spending, $540 million in discretionary greenhouse gas reduction funds, and major responses to H.R. 1 such as CalFresh error-rate mitigation, food bank support, and Medicaid-related changes. Other notable provisions included vaccine policy flexibility, an Abortion Access Fund, a gender-affirming care program, community college basic-needs and aid changes, CEQA and coastal permit exemptions tied to the 2028 Olympics, invasive mussel prevention funding, a civic media program, labor and pension-related provisions, and special election administration changes. Members raised questions and concerns about several parts of the package. There was support for climate, water, transit, offshore wind, food security, and health investments, but also significant criticism of the lack of cleanup language for SB 131 and its advanced manufacturing exemptions, with multiple members saying promised fixes had not materialized and expressing concerns about tribal consultation, labor standards, and environmental protections. Members also questioned the scale and timing of some Proposition 4 allocations, including fairground upgrades, regional conveyance, and a UC Davis alternative protein research center. The Department of Finance said some programs would roll out over time and that certain funding levels reflected current implementation capacity. The hearing also featured discussion of Bay Area transit financing, with Finance saying SB 105 directs the department and CalSTA to examine loan or other financing options rather than immediately providing loans. Members and public commenters also discussed the state’s response to H.R. 1, with advocates supporting food bank, health care, and immunization provisions while warning of ongoing harm to immigrants, foster youth, and other vulnerable groups. Public testimony broadly supported the health, food, water, offshore wind, and golden mussel provisions, while many speakers echoed legislative concerns about SB 131 and urged cleanup action in the next session. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only, though the chair noted votes on the bills were expected later that night or the next morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• If they connect with an abortion provider, I don't see how we're going to get any face-to-face contact
• to a nurse, if you're talking to a social worker that's helping you get to that resource, ...an abortion
• Well, I guess I'm thinking of it in terms of the woman that is out actively seeking the abortion.
• She's online trying to find an abortion.
• The abortion providers are dang sure out of state, Levinson and the pills in here to make these abortions

Bills: SB1983 , SB444 , SB1503 , SB1561 , SB592 , SB1501 , SB1946 , SB1567 , SB1833 , SB2026 , SB904 , SB2178 , SB1651 , SB1558 , SB1565 , SB1553 , SB1257 , SB65 , SB1749 , SB1242 , SB1642 , SB640 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1484 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1644 , SB1533 , SB933 , SB1555

Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight

Summary: The committee opened with prayer and then heard a long series of Senate bills, many of them agency request or cleanup measures. Early bills included SB 1983, directing DHS to provide foster care data to resource family partners to better identify foster family needs; SB 444, allowing hospice personnel to control or destroy controlled substances after a patient’s death; and SB 1503, a PCS related to pregnancy resource center outreach and in-state referrals, which drew discussion about virtual versus face-to-face support and was reported out after members agreed to continue working on the language. Other measures advanced included SB 1561 on progressive discipline for certain M.T.M.S. personnel, SB 592 and SB 1946 on alcohol-related licensing/sales issues, SB 1501 and SB 1567 as cleanup or implementation bills, and SB 1833 codifying a SNAP waiver barring candy and soft drinks purchases. The committee also considered several health and human services bills. SB 2026 expanded access to military discharge papers to grandchildren; SB 904 addressed public funds and state facilities, with members raising concerns about legislative interference in medical decision-making and liability; SB 2178 modified alcohol licensing insurance requirements; SB 1651 updated Oklahoma Medical Board license language; SB 1558 clarified the definition of a child for level E group homes; SB 1565 promoted Food is Medicine efforts to improve maternal and infant outcomes; and SB 1553 required psychologist review of appealed adverse determinations involving mental health claims. SB 1257, with a policy recommendation, expanded THC/controlled substance language to align with federal guidelines, and SB 1749 made a cleanup change related to food trailers and LP gas inspections. Later in the meeting, the committee advanced SB 65 with a policy amendment adding fentanyl and xylazine test strips; SB 1242, which included OMMA education and abandoned grow cleanup provisions; SB 1642, allowing shorter acute prescriptions to help reduce addiction risk; SB 640, treating abandoned grow facilities as public nuisances so local governments can abate them; SB 667, clarifying accreditation language for chiropractic programs; SB 1436, requiring hospitals to provide information on obtaining records after stillbirth or miscarriage; SB 1484, codifying medical examiner practices in infant or child deaths; SB 1562, addressing hospice patient solicitation; SB 1794, creating a mental health bed-availability database; SB 1644, seeking data on alpha-gal syndrome to support federal research funding; SB 1533, ensuring burial assistance for Oklahoma veterans who die out of state; SB 933, creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatments; and SB 1555, aligning the definition of intellectual disability with federal law. Most bills were reported out do pass, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to a few nays on some measures. SB 1304 was laid over, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• broad definition of a religious activity, which means that people who are protesting outside of abortion
• clinics, or maybe they're just simply praying a rosary outside an abortion clinic, if there is some
• the scene, there could be an argument made that someone's simply saying, 'Please go away from this abortion
• It puts abortion patients under greater danger of harassment and violence because... ...patients under
• it allows protesters to gather outside a privately owned Planned Parenthood or hospitals where an abortion

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• As the bacterial technical name, the scientific name states, Brucella abortus causes livestock to abort
• And at that time, Brucellosis causes livestock to abort their pregnancies or to have weak calves.
• What it’s supposed to do is prevent the animal that’s vaccinated from aborting her pregnancy.
• that vaccine is doing is giving you a wider window of time to catch that infected cow before she aborts
• that vaccine is doing is giving you a wider window of time to catch that infected cow before she aborts

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Eastern region that could also be designated as a domestic terrorist organization, whether they be an abortion
• provider... ...also be designated as a domestic terrorist organization, whether they be an abortion
• Courts could even ban religious practices if officials decide they violate American principles.
• So I'm 100 percent okay with banning any type of law that or practice that does that. ...whether there
• So I'm 100 percent okay with banning any type of law or practice that does that.

Bills: S0500 , S0536 , S0762 , S1582 , S1632 , S1634 , S1742 , S1750 , S1792

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• Use of those drugs to induce abortion is also known as the medical abortion.
• Use of those drugs to induce abortion is also known as the medical abortion.
• </c> section related to abortion-inducing section related to abortion-inducing drugs,<02:01:09.560><c
• It is not a abortion-inducing drugs.
• </c> dealing with the abortion-inducing dealing with the abortion-inducing drugs,<02:02:13.960><c> was

Transcript Highlights:

• Will that be used for abortion? Are you aware? [00:05:25] Hospital in Las Vegas.
• Will that be used for abortion? Are you aware?
• But in regards to your question, no, sir, I cannot confirm that it is for an abortion.
• Because one could read this as that one was specifically for an abortion facility, this saying clinical

Summary: The committee heard the Senate Finance Committee substitute for Senate Bill 240, a capital outlay measure appropriating about $1.3 billion statewide. The bill includes funding for projects prioritized by legislative members and the governor, along with state agency, judicial, and higher education projects. Staff explained that the bill uses a mix of general fund money and severance tax bonds, and that recent Senate floor amendments corrected technical drafting issues and were intended to ensure funds could be used as sponsors intended without delaying grantees. During committee discussion, members asked how cash-funded projects and bond-funded projects were being separated, and staff said general fund surpluses were being used more for smaller equipment and discretionary projects while bonding capacity was reserved for larger, longer-lived projects. Several members raised questions about specific items, including a proposed purchase of a clinical services building in San Miguel County and a Navajo Code Talker Museum project, asking for more detail on intended use, location, and whether the funding was additional to prior appropriations. One member said she would vote no because of concerns about the San Miguel County item, while others said they wanted more information before the floor vote but supported moving the bill forward. No public testimony was offered. The committee then voted 9-3 to give the bill a do pass recommendation. Members who explained their votes said they supported advancing the bill to the floor while still seeking clarification on certain projects, and the chair closed by thanking members and staff for the session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2830 prohibits public schools from allowing an abortion provider or
• medical facility or organization, or their patients, to an abortion clinic, from providing health education
• your name dated March 3, 2026, at 2:13 p.m. removes the prohibition on a public school allowing an abortion
• provider or medical facility or organization their first patients to an abortion clinic from providing
• must be descriptive and not include instruction on sexual activity behavior or contraception or abortion

Committee: Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Summary: The committee approved the March 18 and 19 minutes and heard a presentation from the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix on its new tuition-free, three-year regional medical school branch in Yuma. The presenter said the program is designed to address Arizona’s primary care shortage by training students in a high-need rural area, with 18 months in Phoenix and 18 months in Yuma, and members asked about residency placement, applicant eligibility, and whether students would be required to remain in rural Arizona after training. The program was described as open to applicants from in and out of state, with no post-graduation practice commitment, but with an emphasis on recruiting students already interested in rural care. The committee then heard several health and child welfare bills. HB 2923 would expand judicial review procedures for court-ordered mental health treatment, add timelines and counsel protections, and require clear and convincing evidence to continue treatment; supporters said it updates outdated 1970s law and preserves due process. HB 2434 would change the controlled substances prescription monitoring program by requiring updated patient utilization reports before opioid or benzodiazepine prescribing, tightening reporting rules, and replacing a task force with a compliance workgroup. HB 2035 would broaden kinship foster care to include extended family, strengthen sibling and family placement preferences, require written findings when kin placement is denied, and shift the standard from promoting to presuming kinship placement as in the child’s best interest; DCS said the policy largely matches current practice but raised an implementation concern about a report deadline before preliminary protective hearings. The committee also heard HB 2611, which would expand foster youth rights and safety protections in group homes, including anti-retaliation rules, drug-screening requirements for staff, and new safety rules for DCS and DHS; foster youth and group home staff testified in support, while DCS was neutral and noted possible fiscal and operational impacts. HB 2732 would continue the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy until 2032, and HB 2733 would make various pharmacy regulation changes, including medication delivery flexibility, continuing education timing, change-of-ownership permits, and wholesale distribution permitting. HB 2830, as amended, would require instruction on fetal and prenatal development and initially restricted abortion-provider materials in schools, but the amendment removed that prohibition; testimony split between supporters who framed it as educational and opponents who objected to its implications for reproductive rights. HB 2932, as amended, would require AHCCCS contractors to reimburse noncontracting providers for referred lab services and limit prior authorization and retaliation; health plans opposed it as a threat to managed care tools, while lab providers supported it as fair payment for covered services. Finally, HB 4004 would require DCS to investigate credible abuse or neglect reports even when one parent is considered protective, and to report annually on cases where it declined to intervene. Parents testified that abuse was minimized or left uninvestigated because of the “protective parent” concept, while supporters said the bill would close a dangerous gap. The committee also considered HB 2086, which would bar government and businesses from imposing mask or vaccination requirements, though an amendment removed the business prohibition; supporters framed it as bodily autonomy and opponents argued it would weaken public health protections. The committee voted to give do pass recommendations to HB 2035, HB 2086 as amended, HB 2434, HB 2611 as amended, HB 2732, HB 2733, HB 2830 as amended, HB 2923, HB 2932 as amended, and HB 4004, with recorded no votes on some measures, including opposition from members on HB 2086, HB 2830, HB 2932, and HB 4004.

Transcript Highlights:

• The pregnancy-related expenses may not include an abortion.
• The pregnancy-related expenses may not include an abortion.
• Lastly, this bill draws a necessary moral and legal clarification: abortion must never be treated as
• Lastly, this bill draws a necessary moral and legal clarification: abortion must never be treated as
• It's not prohibiting her from having an abortion.

Bills: HB2041 , HB2144 , HB2239 , HB2321 , HB2371 , HB2594 , HB2661 , HB2662 , HB2793 , HB2968 , HB2995

Committees: Senate Federalism and Family Law , Senate Senate Federalism and Family Law Committee of Reference

Keywords: child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, child support, preborn children, retroactive support, medical expenses, child welfare, child care, grant program, low-income, early learning, infrastructure, economic growth, HB2371, Arizona divorce, family law, dissolution of marriage

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, it could prevent Medicaid from being used for gender-affirming care, um, but it could also ban PBMs
• Mhm, because right now it's kind of like abortion.
• And Madam Chair and Senator Scott, um, other states have, have banned spread pricing and required, um

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 6 by Hughes, relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacturing. ...and
• provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act, and the
• authorizing civil and qui tam actions, as well as amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion

Bills: SB8 , SB4 , SB3 , SB6 , SB8 , SB4

Transcript Highlights:

• To be clear, this bill will not result in a ban of any foods in California, nor will it result in any
• There are concerns that this measure will result in unintended consequences like a ban on safe natural
• Two of those chemicals were banned at a national level by the FDA, and the others are under review.
• This bill is a critically important bill that expands our privacy laws around abortion access.
• Medical data is some of the most sensitive, and women who are seeking access to abortion deserve the

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> management, prenatal care, and abortion management, prenatal care, and abortion care.<00:29:27.159
• Abortion interference or disruptions.
• And number eight, can abortion clinics.
• </c> abortions. Okay, thank you so much. abortions. Okay, thank you so much.
• At the same choose to abort their baby.

Summary: The committee first took up gubernatorial message nominations. Margaret Jackson was heard for reappointment to the State Council on Mental Health, where she said her lived experience with family members facing schizophrenia, houselessness, and substance use issues motivates her service. Andrew Savaiano was heard for the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council and said he wanted to continue elevating youth voice and lived experience. Tao Yan was heard for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants and emphasized the importance of wastewater treatment to public health and the environment. The Department of Health testified in support of the nominations, and the committee later adopted chair recommendations to advise and consent to all three nominations, noting Senator Favela’s excuse and no recorded objections. The committee then heard HB 1853 relating to dementia. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state agencies, advocacy groups, caregivers, and individuals with lived experience, including a person living with Alzheimer’s and his caregiver spouse, who described the value of early diagnosis and coordinated support. Supporters said the bill would expand memory care navigation and access, especially on neighbor islands and in rural areas, and help families connect to resources earlier. One member raised concerns about the cost and scale of the proposed program, asking about the number and cost of dementia specialists and noting broader budget pressures, but the bill remained under discussion with no final action shown in the transcript. The committee also heard HB 1591 relating to health care, which would expand the preceptor tax credit to additional health professions, including physician assistant students and PAs, with testimony in support from nursing, public health, medical, and provider organizations. Supporters argued the measure would help address workforce shortages and improve training opportunities for local and economically disadvantaged students. A committee member asked about the aggregate cost of the credit and whether the existing credit had been fully utilized; the chair noted the bill was being kept narrower than broader proposals because of fiscal concerns. The transcript then moved to HB 1961 relating to health care access near facilities, with supporters arguing it protects access to legal reproductive health care and opponents saying it is unnecessary, vague, and burdensome on free speech and protest activity. No final vote on the bills appears in the excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• legislation comes at the advice and request of our Attorney General's office, and this deals with the abortion
• The Idaho abortion trafficking statute was intended to prohibit conduct, and unfortunately, the Ninth
• legislation comes at the advice and request of our Attorney General's office, and this deals with the abortion
• The Idaho abortion trafficking statute was intended to prohibit conduct, and unfortunately, the Ninth

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• They banned outrageous late fees on credit cards—that's $1 billion every year going back to consumers
• <00:33:31.679><c> they</c><00:33:31.840><c> banned</c><00:33:32.399><c> outrageous</c><00:33:33.120><
• c> late</c><00:33:33.480><c> fees</c><00:33:33.880><c> on</c> ban they banned outrageous late fees on
• ban they banned outrageous late fees on credit<00:33:34.519><c> cards</c><00:33:35.480><c> that's</c
• They want a ban on junk health insurance plans that rip our people off when they need health care the