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• ." >> [snorts] >> And, um, he said, "Are you refusing to give me your cell number?"

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It specifies that egregious misconduct for purposes of deactivation must include refusal to provide transportation

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, offered a prayer, and recognized foster youth visiting the chamber. Members then adopted two House resolutions honoring Dr. Sonja Santelises for 10 years as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools and recognizing Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, for 104 years of service, scholarship, and sisterhood. The House also received Senate bills and began taking up committee reports. Several bills were reported favorably and advanced to third reading, including measures on higher education grants, public safety pay restrictions, retirement and pension system work group extensions and cost-of-living adjustments, synthetic turf and aquaculture studies, rail crew requirements, Howard County speed limits, election address confidentiality, IT investment fund uses, ethics financial disclosures, Public Information Act divorce records, aging-in-place grants, judicial assignments, clerk and register salaries, and firearm literature distribution. House Bill 428, concerning temporary assignment of former judges, was special ordered until the next day after the minority whip requested time for an amendment. The chamber also considered and adopted amendments on several bills. House Bill 437, the Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026, was amended to exempt the Chesapeake Bay Bridge project and then special ordered after questions about greenhouse gas impacts on major highway expansion projects. House Bill 457 on menstrual hygiene products at higher education institutions, House Bill 538 on student enrollment disclosures, House Bill 561 on child care credential funding, House Bill 720 on a veterans scholarship, and House Bill 212 on out-of-state vehicle registration all received amendments and favorable reports as amended. HB 212 drew extended debate about Maryland residents using out-of-state tags, with supporters saying it would help enforce registration laws and opponents raising concerns about legislative вмешательство in vehicle regulation and enforcement discretion.

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• Instead, our Republican colleagues refused to stand up to Trump.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And they need a state that refuses to let process become more important than people.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• said they looked at what the renewables were that ISO New England considers renewables, and you see refuse

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The vaccine refusal rate has just skyrocketed.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Health heard testimony on several bills. On SB 1441, which would repeal the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System from HHSC to the Department of Health, the Department of Health said it strongly supports the measure and requested clarifying amendments. HHSC/Oahu Region also supported the bill and said it had no objection to the department’s amendments. In response to questions, witnesses said the agencies have been working on an MOU to support transfers of long-term care patients to Leahi, with the current goal being about 10 to 15 patients, but transfers would occur only as space and staffing allow; one patient was reportedly being admitted at the time, and the process was described as slow and case-by-case. The committee then heard SB 1443 on payment rates for state hospital patients and related Department of Health services. The hospital administrator said the bill would allow rates above Medicaid for community or foster-home placements if patients cannot be placed at Leahi or elsewhere, and would set Medicaid-level reimbursement for outside medical services used by state hospital patients. He said at least one provider was interested in offering services at that rate and that the population involved is largely non-ambulatory long-term care patients. Members asked about availability and training, and the witness said special training could be provided. SB 1322, a broad mental health bill, drew mixed testimony. The Department of Law Enforcement supported giving crisis-intervention-trained officers more discretion to transport people to medical care instead of arresting them. The Attorney General supported the bill but recommended revisions to emergency-transport language and restoring liability protections. HHSC and Queens Hospital supported the overall goal but sought amendments to preserve the mental health emergency worker role in decision-making and to avoid negative impacts on emergency departments. The Disability Rights Center and ACLU opposed parts of the bill, arguing that it weakens due process, reduces protections in involuntary treatment and transport, and should retain a three-person treatment panel rather than reduce it to one. A Queens representative said the current program works well and reported that more than 90% of MH1 cases once went to hospitals, but that figure has dropped to about 60-70%, with about 20% now diverted to community settings or the behavioral health crisis center. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• Uh, some of this just has to do with the complication of how people file or need to file.
• </c><00:09:13.839><c> It's</c><00:09:14.080><c> not</c> people file or need to file.
• It's not people file or need to file.
• We filings and the protective orders.
• Um, and I have presented to you today a bill that I've filed several times and that I intend to file

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:01 Kentucky’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative – Domestic Violence: 00:02:00 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act: 00:46:41, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary approved the minutes from its July 24, 2025 meeting and heard an announcement about a lunch sponsored by the Kentucky State Buildings and Trades Council on forming a blue-collar caucus. The main presentation came from the Council of State Governments’ Justice Center on the Kentucky Justice Reinvestment Initiative’s domestic violence work, which was described as a multi-year effort begun in 2023 to analyze data and interview stakeholders across the state. Presenters reported that domestic violence is widespread in Kentucky, with about half of adults experiencing some form of violence or stalking in their lifetimes, and that an average of about 22,000 IPV incidents occurred annually from 2018 to 2022. They said domestic violence is a major driver of violent crime, accounting for about 48% of person offenses over a six-year period, and is linked to significant shares of homicides, sex crimes, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and simple assault. They also said reported incidents and arrests have risen in recent years, that protective-order violations and convictions have increased, and that Kentucky ranks near the bottom among surrounding states in the share of victim compensation for domestic-violence-related claims. Law enforcement survey results showed strong adoption of model policies and guidance, but limited use of screening tools for serious injury risk. The presenters emphasized that domestic violence also places heavy demands on law enforcement, courts, and corrections, citing roughly 30,000 law-enforcement responses in 2022 and noting that more than a third of people entering DOC custody and nearly a third under supervision had DV-related histories. They said a small group of repeat offenders drives ongoing harm and that targeted interventions could reduce recidivism. They highlighted a North Carolina example in which focused intervention reduced IPV-related homicides and calls for service, and they referenced Kentucky’s 2020 assessment recommendations on training, language access, protective-order service, and coordination with victim services and batterer intervention providers. They estimated that a 25% reduction in reported DV incidents could prevent nearly 5,000 victimizations annually and reduce DOC commitments and costs substantially. Committee members asked about the relationship between civil domestic violence petitions and companion criminal cases, and the presenters said they would check whether the data could answer that question. Members also discussed recent Kentucky legislation, including Senate Bill 319 on crime victims compensation and House Bill 38, which made a third domestic violence offense a Class D felony. Several members thanked the presenters and advocates, and one member raised concerns about service of process and recent violent incidents involving domestic violence-related warrants, prompting discussion of dedicated service units in larger jurisdictions and the resource limits faced by smaller agencies.

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• File item number one, SB 845 Perez; file item number four, SB 1012 Smallwood-Quavis; file item number
• In 2019, there was a lawsuit filed.
• File item number one, SB 845 Perez; file item number four, SB 1012 Smallwood-Cuevas; and file item number
• File item number nine, SB 1032, Reyes. Please call the roll. File item number nine, SB 1032, Reyes.
• File item number seven, SB 1024, Menjabar. Okay. File item number seven, SB 1024, Menjabar.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Senate file 5050 security measures.
• That filing window closes on June 2nd.
• </c> to stop that harm with Senate File 1851. to stop that harm with Senate File 1851.
• Candidates can file their month.
• That filing window starting May 19th.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Then we'll go to Senate File 661, then Senate File 799 from Senator Gerson, followed by Senate File 901
• , we'll hear Senate File 1079 from Senator Muhammad.
• We will go to Senate File 661, then Senate File 799 from Senator Gerson, followed by Senate File 901
• Senate File 1079 from Senator Muhammad.
• We will now go to Senate File 1079.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We will be hearing Senate File 365 from Senator Oden, and then we'll hear Senate Files 221, 228, and
• 229, and Senate File 237 from our wonderful lead Senator Draheim, and then we will hear Senate File 582
• Senate File 221 and 228 and 229 and Senate File 237 from our wonderful lead Senator Draheim, and then
• we will hear Senate File 582 from Senator Jinsky and Senate File 304 from Senator Lang.
• is Senate File 237.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Seeing as we do not yet have a quorum, we will start as a subcommittee and we will go in file item.
• We will start with file item number one, AB 1574 by Assemblymember Chris Rogers.
• We'll start with file item number one, AB 1574 by Assemblymember Chris Rogers, and he may approach the
• File item one, AB 1574. The motion is due pass to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Lee? Aye.
• File item 3, AB 1618. The current vote is 5 to 0. Castillo, aye. Final vote, 6 to 0. Thank you.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard four bills and one consent item. AB 1574 by Assemblymember Chris Rogers would expand tribal access to prevention and diversion services aimed at keeping Native youth out of foster care. Supporters, including tribal representatives and child welfare advocates, said the bill would help address the overrepresentation of Native children in foster care and strengthen culturally relevant, tribally run services. There was no opposition, and the committee passed the bill 6-0 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee then heard AB 1618, also by Assemblymember Rogers, which would require California to continue a household food insecurity survey if the federal government does not. Supporters from End Child Poverty California, AARP, food banks, and county and local government groups said reliable data is needed to track hunger, target services, and respond to expected federal cuts to food assistance. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 1688 by Assemblymember Carrillo would require notice to additional attorneys when there are allegations of abuse or neglect in a foster placement, including attorneys for parents and other children in the same home. The author and the Children's Law Center said the measure would close a safety gap and improve coordination to protect foster youth. Committee members also spoke in support based on their professional experience, and the bill passed 6-0 as amended to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. The committee also approved the consent calendar, including AB 1602, and adjourned after completing its business.

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• The next bill on the supplemental calendar for today is House File 11.
• House File 11 on the supplemental calendar for the day: An act relating to employment, delaying implementation
• Madam Speaker, I move that House File 11 be laid on the table.
• Representative Niska moves that House File 11 be laid on the table. This is non-debatable.
• that house file 11 be laid<00:09:41.320><c> on</c><00:09:41.440><c> the</c><00:09:41.560><c> table</

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Senate File 3863. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Uh Senator Pratt, Senate File 3887.
• </c> Uh Senator Pratt, Senate File 3887. Uh Senator Pratt, Senate File 3887.
• </c><00:27:28.880><c> as</c> Senate file sorry Senate file 3858 uh as Senate file sorry Senate file 3858
• </c> in support of Senate File 3887. in support of Senate File 3887.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Biennial reports had not been filed during the audit period.
• </c> day by banial reports had not been filed day by banial reports had not been filed during<00:45:45.400
• </c> required by Statute had not been filed required by Statute had not been filed by<00:45:50.400><c
• Figure 3 shows it took an average of 840 days, or 2.3 years, between case filing and case closure.
• But for me, I don't know if it would decrease the number of filings that we see every year.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on February 21 and first approved the January 30 minutes and the consent calendar, with item 2540 removed by the Department of Education and item 25057 set aside for discussion. The committee then took up FIS 25057, a Department of Transportation request tied to a federal grant for building information modeling and related data standardization across DOT systems. Transportation officials explained that the $2.405 million consultant-heavy request would connect surveying, design, construction, and asset management systems, improve efficiency and long-term asset tracking, and help the department catch up with other states. Several senators questioned the lack of immediate, quantifiable budget savings and the reliance on consultants, but the item was ultimately adopted. The committee next approved FIS 25054 for the Department of Health and Human Services after questioning a $16 million shortfall in the Children’s Health Insurance Program. DHHS explained the variance as a budgeting and accounting issue tied to separating CHIP from Medicaid managed care, pandemic-era continuous enrollment, and the new federal requirement for 12 months of continuous coverage for children. Members also approved a Cannon Mountain fee item, where park officials described a proposed price freeze for early-bird passes, a new in-season tier, and modest increases in off-season pricing, while noting operating cost pressures, strong snow conditions, and favorable customer value ratings. That item was adopted unanimously. The committee also approved the Department of Corrections item after discussion of staffing, retirement eligibility, overtime, and recidivism. Commissioner Helen Hanks said retirement-eligible staff had declined slightly, recruitment was improving, overtime hours were down, one housing floor had been closed because of lower population, and the department had reduced reincarceration by 8% over seven years, which she said produced substantial savings. The item was adopted. During informational items, the committee heard a Legislative Budget Assistant performance audit of the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights. The audit found the commission inefficient and ineffective in processing complaints, with average case closure taking 840 days, significant backlogs dating back decades, expired administrative rules, weak management controls, disorganized and outdated procedures, unreliable data, and unresolved prior audit findings. The audit included 25 recommendations, two of which may require legislative action. Commission staff said they appreciated the recommendations and expected the additional resources from the prior budget cycle to help address the backlog and improve transparency and efficiency.

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• The next bill for the day is House File 3615.
• The clerk will report the bill. >> House File Number 3615, number three on the calendar for the day,
• House File 3615 is a very simple bill that will provide a modicum of support for small businesses in
• So, House File 3615 changes that time.
• House File 3615. >> Third reading.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This recommendation amends section 254.042 of the Texas Election Code to limit the late filing penalty
• That limits the late filing penalty for eight-day reports to accrue only through the date of the election
• Letting the penalty accrue before the election would continue to motivate the filers to file in a timely
• Specifically, the list should identify unpaid penalties resulting from late filed reports from publicly
• As we heard before the commission, some of the thresholds and filing requirements are very confusing.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• I have filed Bill 1195, and this is a bill that deals with inspection stickers.
• And when we... this is actually the second time that we filed it together, and I had filed it beforehand
• We have a different conversation with insurance. ...filed it together, and I had filed it beforehand.
• So the company territories are designed, they're placed on file.
• as part of either reforms or rules filing with the Division.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on a wide range of auto insurance and vehicle-related bills. Testimony focused heavily on autonomous vehicle regulation, auto insurance rating by ZIP code, rental car liability coverage, and surcharge thresholds for minor accidents. Representative Polito supported a bill to regulate autonomous vehicle testing and deployment, arguing for school-zone restrictions, slower speeds, a remote kill switch, and minimum insurance requirements to protect the public. Representative Mendez and Senator Payano testified for legislation to reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in auto insurance pricing by limiting the weight insurers may place on territorial loss costs, while the Mass Insurance Federation and Consumer Federation of America offered opposing and supporting views, respectively, on the fairness and actuarial impact of geographic rating. The committee also heard support for a bill to remove inspection-sticker violations from license-point calculations, and for a bill to raise the damage threshold for insurance surcharges and minor/major accident classifications. A substantial portion of the hearing addressed House Bill 1301 on rental car liability. Enterprise Mobility, the American Car Rental Association, and a small Massachusetts rental company supported the bill, saying personal auto insurers should be primary when their insureds drive rental cars, that Massachusetts is an outlier compared with most other states, and that the change would reduce costs and simplify claims handling. The Mass Insurance Federation opposed the bill, arguing that current Massachusetts law already clearly makes the vehicle owner’s policy primary and that shifting liability would raise costs for private-passenger policyholders. Committee members asked detailed questions about how rental coverage works, whether premiums or rental rates would change, and how other states handle the issue. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to adjust surcharge rules for at-fault accidents, with sponsors arguing that repair costs and vehicle values have risen sharply and that the current thresholds are outdated. Members discussed how the point system affects drivers, whether the proposal should apply cumulatively or per incident, and how Carfax and out-of-pocket repairs factor into consumer costs. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted written testimony could still be submitted and, during a brief personal privilege, recorded support for two underinsurance bills, H. 1109 and S. 748. The committee then moved and seconded a motion to adjourn, and the hearing ended without any votes on the bills themselves.

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• Ruck Decker has filed the House companion bill, and I'm thankful for all her work.
• This one was filed by Senator Villas and Rep. Cushmerich.
• This is the one Senator Keenan just spoke on, and he filed it along with Rep. O'Day.
• It was filed in the Senate by Senator Keenan as S. 772.
• This bill was filed by Representative Decker and Senator Kuhn.”

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on a large group of behavioral health and insurance-related bills. Topics included expanding access to mental health services by allowing physician assistants to authorize Section 12 emergency holds and be recognized as licensed mental health professionals (H. 1131/S. 773); improving coverage for community behavioral health centers so commercial insurance matches MassHealth’s bundled outpatient and crisis services (H. 1276/S. 703); eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services (S. 718); extending detox and clinical stabilization coverage from 14 to 30 days and adding transitional support services (H. 1319/S. 772); requiring coverage for dual-diagnosis treatment in psychiatric facilities (H. 1277/S. 771); and preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness through coverage of coordinated specialty care and assertive community treatment (H. 1135/S. 709). The committee also heard bills on preventive behavioral health services for children (H. 1228/S. 802) and post-pregnancy mental health care, including postpartum depression and pregnancy loss-related care (H. 1314/S. 823).

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• And then file item number seven, 1871. Thank you. Any questions or comments?
• On file item 5, AB 1829. On file, item 5, AB 1829, Fong. Aye. Chair Fong, aye. DeMaio? No.
• On file one, AB 1534, Irwin. On file 1, AB 1534, Irwin. Werner. I. Turner, I. Kalra? Aye.
• On file, item 2. On file item 2, AB 1552, Jackson. Werner. Aye. Werner, aye.
• File item 3, AB 1555. File item 3, AB 1555, Hadwick. Burner. Aye. Burner, aye. Mersuchuchee.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met for a policy hearing on several higher education bills. AB 1534 (Irwin) would create a California approval process for short-term workforce Pell Grant programs; supporters said it would expand access to job training with consumer protections, while a neutral witness urged more work on implementation. Members raised concerns about the bill’s $4,000 tuition cap, but the measure passed 5-1 with an urgency clause and was sent to Labor and Employment. AB 1831 (Irwin) would cap compensation for certain CSU administrators, bar raises in years when tuition rises, and repeal a 2025 executive pay resolution; the author said she would amend the bill to remove retroactive repeal, narrow the scope, and clarify that it applies to base salary and non-represented managers. CFA, students, and labor groups supported the bill as an accountability measure, while CSU opposed it, arguing the cap would hurt recruitment and retention. The committee approved the bill 4-1-3 and sent it to Appropriations. The committee also advanced AB 1555 (Hadwick), which would allow up to 200 students to qualify for in-state tuition at College of the Siskiyous under a cross-border regional arrangement; it passed unanimously to Appropriations. AB 1552 (Jackson), requiring the community colleges and CSU and requesting UC to report recommendations on civic engagement and democracy education, also passed to Appropriations after some members objected that such programs could be used for partisan activity. AB 1829, which expands CalWORKs student-parent support by allowing more direct aid and waiving a 25% work-study employer match at the colleges’ discretion, passed 8-1 and was re-referred to Human Services. The committee later added on consent items and adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.