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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 49 - Morning Session Apr 29th, 2026
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Riley, Jr., MD, endowed chair in pediatric education with the Department of Pediatrics from 2015 to 2022
- to earn his doctorate in nurse anesthesia, and he is currently working on his master's in nursing education
- and awareness is an event in which people are encouraged to wear denim to combat victim blaming and educate
- Bill 1461 by Kendricks of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate, an act relating to the Oklahoma Educational
- Senate Bill 1461 is an extension of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority.
Bills:
HR1055 , SB2170 , SB1833 , SB1198 , HR1056 , SB1730 , SB563 , SB1379 , SB1645 , SB2155 , SB1280 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1461 , SB1457 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , SB1344 , SB1309 , HR1054 , SB2159 , SB1948 , HB1371 , SB1365 , SB1976 , SB1975 , SB2026 , SB1565 , SB1621 , SB237 , SB933 , SB1427 , SB1642 , SB171 , SB1873 , SB2067 , SB1623 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1826 , SB2072 , SB444 , SB2184 , SB1966 , SB1812 , SB2117 , SB2135 , SB330 , SB1239 , SB1428 , SB1531 , SB1484 , SB1405 , SB3
Keywords:
Oklahoma Agriculture Day, agriculture, farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, food production, wheat, cattle, beef, dairy, soybeans, cotton, poultry, pork, rye, rural economy, urban-rural, trade, commodity production, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Summary:
The House met in session with a roll call establishing a quorum, followed by prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Doctor and Nurse of the Day and youth groups visiting the chamber. Special presentations honored the Oklahoma City Blazers under-10 ice hockey team for winning a Texas state championship and MacArthur High School JROTC cadets for repeated drill team success. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1055 declaring April 29, 2026, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day, and House Resolution 1056 recognizing Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; both were adopted without objection.
Members then considered a series of Senate bills. SB 2170 on child custody passed 77-0 and requires supervised visitation when a court finds child abuse or sexual exploitation. SB 1833 codifies a federal waiver barring SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks and passed 62-17. SB 1198, requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to file releases on county- and municipally-owned properties at the request of local officials, passed 79-0. SB 1730, which requires law enforcement sexual abuse reports to be forwarded to OSBI for investigative use, drew debate over victim protection versus due-process concerns and passed 52-29.
The House also passed SB 1379 creating a two-year grant pilot for services to labor and sex trafficking victims, including services regardless of immigration status, and approved the emergency. SB 1645 on Medicaid audit procedures, SB 2155 allowing the Route 66 Commission to use MOUs for administrative oversight, and several sunset-extension bills for boards and commissions also advanced, many with emergency clauses approved. SB 1461 extending the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority passed 67-20, but its emergency failed 55-20. Other measures passed included SB 1344 creating an insulin access and affordability program, SB 1309 increasing Roads Fund debt-service capacity, and multiple board-extension bills for construction, polygraph examiners, engineers and surveyors, and midwifery, most with emergency clauses adopted. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 1:30 p.m.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- After high school, Brody is exploring higher education at the University of Arizona, or a career in the
- plans on attending Eastern Arizona College, where she will work toward earning a Bachelor of Music Education
- plans on attending Eastern Arizona College, where she will work toward earning a Bachelor of Music Education
- Chairman, your Committee on Education has under consideration Senate Bill 1009 and respectfully recommends
- Chairman, your Committee on Education has under consideration Senate Bill 1143 and respectfully recommends
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. May Modi. A series of personal privilege introductions followed, including the Chief of Security, members of the Junior League of Phoenix, several Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year candidates, and a student guest. Members also read a proclamation honoring the Junior League of Phoenix for civic engagement and volunteer service.
The chamber then handled several procedural matters, including a motion to not concur in Senate amendments to HB 2010 and appoint a conference committee. The House moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars and adopted recommendations on a number of Senate bills. On the first calendar, SB 1009, SB 1046, SB 1143, SB 1221 as amended, and SB 1613 were advanced, with SB 1221 receiving an Olson floor amendment. On the second calendar, SB 1013, SB 1338, SB 1540 as amended, and later SB 1121 as amended, SB 1318, SB 1549, and SB 1786 as amended were all reported do pass, while SB 1270, SB 1400, and SB 1582 were retained on the calendar.
Several bills drew debate. SB 1013 prompted discussion over merit-based hiring and whether the bill’s exclusions of sexual orientation and gender identity were appropriate. SB 1540 drew criticism as special legislation favoring the fuel industry, while supporters said it was a fairer approach to theft penalties. SB 1121 was described as a bipartisan health-care worker safety measure addressing radiation exposure, though opponents called it a vendor-driven mandate. SB 1318 was presented as a cleanup bill to align breast cancer notification language with federal standards, and SB 1786 received a technical amendment. The House also passed SB 1113, SB 1193, SB 1448, and SB 1503 on third reading, with SB 1503 receiving the required three-quarters vote and emergency clause. The House appointed a conference committee on HB 2003, and adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Rules Committee Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The media helped us tremendously with removal of educational barriers to allow people without degrees
- I mean this—I wouldn’t say education, I’d say degree.
- Yes, because people that don’t have degrees also have some kind of education.” “Agreed. Thank you.
- Yes, because people that don't have degrees also have some kind of education. Yes. Agreed.
- “Military experience and military education being applicable in some of these cases.
Summary:
The Senate Rules Committee met with quorum and first approved several non-appearance items, including the appointments of Armin Meyer to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and Uca Danka to the California State Lottery Commission. The committee also approved references to bills, a request to suspend Senate Rule 55 for guest access on the Senate floor, and floor acknowledgments, all by 5-0 votes.
The committee then heard the appointment of Arania Ortega to the Public Employment Relations Board. Members questioned her about her background at CalHR and Finance, PERB’s case backlog, implementation of AB 288, recusal rules tied to her prior work, the ride-share caseload, and the board’s role in legislative employee unionization. Ortega said PERB currently has no backlog, is prepared to implement AB 288 if litigation changes, and has strong recusal procedures; she also said the state employee cases affected by her recusal would be a small share of PERB’s workload. Public testimony supported the nominee, and the committee voted 5-0 to send the appointment to the full Senate.
The committee also heard Monica Erickson’s appointment as Director of the Department of Human Resources. Questions focused on labor negotiations, CalPERS fiduciary responsibilities, recruitment and retention, telework, discipline and accountability, DEIA efforts, hard-to-fill classifications, degree requirements, return-to-office implementation, and the gender pay gap. Erickson said CalHR is working on recruitment tools, class consolidations, apprenticeship pathways, policy forums, and a skills-matching pilot to help applicants, while also addressing pay equity and reducing barriers such as unnecessary degree requirements. Public witnesses spoke in support, and the committee approved her appointment 5-0 to advance to the Senate floor before adjourning.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't think it's an appropriate vehicle to transfer funds to higher education.
- We're concerned that cannibalizing this fund to finance higher education will result in less money in
- , especially higher education, in a time of need is really tough.
- I think the tough part for me... ...especially higher education, in a time of need is really tough.
- We pay our general taxes for the purposes of supporting general government, including education, and
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And, um, in one of the state area plans, which is I'm having a big hurdle as the education chair, is
- Um, I'm hitting walls with not just condos, but even the agencies in doing education and trying to kind
- So, I'm that's my fight right now. education chair, is on emergency education chair, is on emergency
- condos, but even the agencies<00:04:40.880><c> in</c><00:04:41.040><c> doing</c><00:04:41.320><c> education
- </c> agencies in doing education agencies in doing education and<00:04:42.800><c> trying</c><00:04:43.080
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Human Services held a hearing on several Governor’s Message nominations. The chair opened with instructions about live streaming, testimony limits, and the possibility of reconvening if technical problems occurred. One nomination, GM 542 for Jamie Gagnon to the West O‘ahu subarea of the Hawaii Health Planning Council, was initially deferred because he was not present and there was concern he may not have received notice; when recalled later in the hearing, he testified that he wanted to help address limited provider resources and improve coordination of care. The committee also heard from Christine Cabingao Ting Kang for GM 541, but she was not present and her nomination was deferred to Wednesday, March 11 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 225.
The committee then heard strong support testimony for GM 688, Raelynn Tenno for the Pa‘ala Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs. Tenno said she wanted another term because of her experience caring for elderly family members and her work on emergency preparedness for older adults and condominium/HOA communities. Supporters from the Office of Aging, the PABEA chair, the Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition, and others praised her knowledge of housing, elder issues, and community service. GM 712, Kathleen Merriam for the State Council on Mental Health, also drew support; Merriam described over 40 years in mental health work, including managing a community mental health center in Kaneohe and supporting clubhouse programs.
The committee also considered GM 560, Jeffrey Hicks for the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council. Hicks said his career in justice and juvenile work motivated him to continue contributing to rehabilitation efforts for youth. The chair and members discussed the importance of prevention and rehabilitation in juvenile justice. After testimony, the committee moved to decision-making and voted to advise and consent on GM 542, GM 688, GM 712, and GM 560, while GM 541 was deferred to a later date and time. The hearing then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides $30,000 in fiscal year 2027 for OSPI to create and distribute promotional and educational
- materials to school districts for Americans of Chinese descent history month. emotional and educational
- There is a pretty wide repertoire of online available resources for educators to use, and I think that
- I think when it comes to the idea of return on an investment, nobody can argue that having well-educated
- kids and their getting their education at a bargain is valuable to the state.
Summary:
The Senate Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 5998, the proposed operating budget, and received a staff briefing on 39 proposed amendments. The amendments covered a wide range of issues, including technical corrections; truancy intervention funding; public defense and Blake-related vacatur work; family reading, shellfish program review, cultural resource protection, agritourism, transmission planning, paid leave, developmental disabilities services, nursing home rates, TANF workforce services, food bank language, oral health access, behavioral health partnership access, sexual assault nurse examiner training, Department of Corrections security measures, child welfare staffing, pediatric interim care centers, Working Connections Child Care, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start, retiree health subsidies, school bus contractor costs, local effort assistance, transition to kindergarten, charter school enrichment, arts grants, and a tribal liaison position. Several amendments were withdrawn before action, including the truancy increase, Blake funding, one DD-related amendment, and others.
The committee adopted a number of amendments, including the technical corrections packet, reductions or savings-related corrections, the family reading program, shellfish review funding, the transmission-system implementation funding, the oral health foundation, the partnership access line, health technology assessment funding, the governor errata correction, the sexual assault nurse examiner training contract, the DOC canine scheduling language, the child welfare staffing correction, the people transportation language, the TTK-related amendment, and the tribal liaison funding. It rejected several others, including agritourism, paid leave study language, DD waiver expansion, nursing home add-ons, the PIC program, range rider funding, Chinese American history month materials, Running Start restoration, the LEA restoration amendment, and the arts grant restoration. Some amendments were withdrawn after discussion, including the DD waiver and LEA-related proposals.
During debate, supporters of various amendments emphasized service needs for vulnerable populations, including people with developmental disabilities, survivors of sexual assault, Medicaid dental access, behavioral health callers, and students in Running Start and TTK. Opponents repeatedly cited budget constraints, the need for a sustainable operating budget, and the view that some issues were better addressed through collective bargaining or future negotiations. The committee then rolled the adopted amendments into a new substitute Senate Bill 5998 and voted to send it to the Rules Committee with a do-pass recommendation, subject to signatures. Several members stated they would vote no on the budget overall, while others supported it as a difficult but necessary compromise. The meeting adjourned after the final vote.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Focused on investments with early childhood education and care, public education, veteran service department
- Then it directs $60 million in recurring funding to ensure early childhood educators are paid a good
- There's $4.7 billion for public education.
- A lot of coordination with the Legislative Education Study Committee included supporting implementation
- There's $17 million new funding for career technical education, and then $7 million that was unspent
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- increases, something you referred to was the population growth, especially when it came to Medicaid and education
- was the population growth, especially when it came to Medicaid, and education is the two largest increases
- Our general fund in dollars is going to Medicaid as an increase and education as an increase. Mr.
- Also, in education, I know we've made a lot of investments in education, but the numbers that I was looking
- Also, in education, I know we've made a lot of investments in education, but the numbers that I was looking
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also create a hub for study, collaboration, and innovation in an effort to enhance the educational
- Number three is Department of Education with ACT Education Corp.
- Number four is Department of Education with Bucler and Associates.
- Number five, Department of Education with Cartwheel, was pulled by the agency prior to the meeting.
- we get federal funding or even state dollars for different grants and different types of health education
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It is in collaboration with SAM Ministries, where we provide educational support and workforce development
- 2626 requires the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing to create a continuing medical education
- It's extremely important that medical professionals have quality education when dealing with pregnancy
- This bill helps to establish clear requirements for the further education of practicing nurses and doctors
- It could be used to better fund county election departments and invest in voter education.
Bills:
SB801 , SB1200 , SB1410 , SB1717 , SB1862 , SB1863 , SB2216 , SB2681 , SB506 , SB2626 , SJR63 , SB 3
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
SB 801, birth certificate, birth record, certified copy, homeless, homelessness, unhoused, vital records, state registrar, local registrar, county clerk, fee waiver, identity documents, ID access, housing insecurity, shelter, transitional housing, Health and Safety Code, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It removes the exemption from continued education for building professionals licensed 10-plus years.
- Currently, they're required to have 120 hours of education. This has increased it to 200 hours.
- Currently, they're required to have 120 hours of education. This has increased it to 200 hours.
- The purpose of this bill is to provide greater consumer protections in continuing education for contractors
- escrow requirements, and homeowners' rights to the list of subjects required under the continuing education
Committee:
Senate Regulated Industries
Summary:
The committee began by postponing SB 1742 on condos until the following week, then took up SB 1298 on building construction. Senator Simon said the bill would require continued education for long-licensed building professionals, clarify interagency sharing of building officials, limit residential inspectors to one- and two-family homes, revive a paid internship for residential planning examiners, modernize permit signatures, and clarify contractor responsibility when work changes hands. The bill drew supportive waivers and was reported favorably.
Members then considered SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms. A delete-everything amendment was adopted to target bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations, while preserving direct restaurant-platform relationships and requiring consumer contact information when reservations are made through noncontractual platforms. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the measure, and CS/SB 940 was reported favorably. SB 638 on home inspectors also passed after the sponsor explained it would raise education requirements from 120 to 200 hours, add instruction on building code, wind mitigation, four-point and insurance inspections, and require $300,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage; it was reported favorably.
The committee next approved SB 960 on elevator accessibility, allowing additional shorter support rails while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was amended to address mRNA language and cosmetics safety standards, with the committee adopting amendments and then reporting the bill favorably. SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was amended to clarify the definition of heated tobacco products and exclude other forms such as hookah; it also passed favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees.
Finally, SB 1262 on construction contracting was amended to add contractor continuing-education topics, strengthen penalties for unlicensed activity, create a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and require timely refunds and project completion standards; it was reported favorably with support from the Florida Home Builders Association. SB 1304 on solar facilities was then approved after extensive testimony from rural county commissioners and local officials who argued that utility-scale solar on agricultural land has grown without sufficient local oversight and that decommissioning rules are needed to protect farmland and communities. The bill would repeal the current by-right treatment of solar facilities on ag land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances; it was reported favorably after a technical amendment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 3/13/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our education committee is looking at solutions all the way across the board. those bills could be brought
- 25.959><c> our</c> that is something we have to change our that is something we have to change our education
- committee is looking at education committee is looking at Solutions<00:09:28.160><c> all</c><00:09:28.279
- 49.839><c> billion</c><00:09:50.200><c> dollar</c><00:09:50.560><c> deficit</c><00:09:51.240><c> education
- </c><00:09:51.720><c> is</c> a $6 billion dollar deficit education is a $6 billion dollar deficit education
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Mar 5th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- James High School, Merrimack College, with a B.A. in early education, and a master's degree in education
- James High School, Merrimack College, with a B.A. in early education, and a master's degree in education
Summary:
The Senate convened with the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed an intern in the presiding member’s office, Michael Morrison, and recognized former Senator Richard Moore. The chamber then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Helen Riley Curtin, with a brief tribute describing her life as a longtime Peabody teacher, community volunteer, and devoted family member, followed by a moment of silence.
The Senate then took up several local bills for final action. It passed to be enacted House No. 3898, amending the charter of the Town of Natick, and House No. 4502, amending the town manager act for the Town of Arlington. It also passed to be engrossed House No. 2275, authorizing the City of Revere to pay a sum of money to Denise Matera Condelli, widow of former school committee member Anthony Matera; House No. 4292, amending the Hopkinton charter regarding appointment powers of the Board of Library Trustees; and House No. 4143, allowing Wellesley to amend the income threshold for senior real property tax deferments.
The Senate also suspended rules to take up House No. 4962, establishing a sick leave bank for Sally DeRogier of the Department of Correction, and House No. 4763, validating the results of a Bourne annual election, ordering both to third reading. Finally, the Senate adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned in memory of Helen Riley Curtin.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Establishing a property tax task force 3/5/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Metropolitan School Districts, MSBA's, the bigger umbrella, and maybe even look at Minnesota Rural Educators
- and maybe even look at<00:01:18.560><c> Minnesota</c><00:01:19.000><c> Rural</c><00:01:19.280><c> Educators
- </c><00:01:19.800><c> Association</c> at Minnesota Rural Educators Association at Minnesota Rural Educators
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Transportation Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Transportation Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- field that are working directly in the industry through their employment with one of our research, education
- Is this making higher education now be in the same category as a business because the tax credit is for
- reality: we've got these young mechanical aero engineers graduating from. institutions of higher education
- But if I'm reading this correctly, it just says an institution of higher education.
Committee:
House A&B Transportation Subcommittee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And I really appreciate you coming here to educate folks about how important this is.
- And I really appreciate you coming here to educate folks about how important this is.
- Across EPC communities, early care and education is the number one issue that we work on.
- no numbers to describe it. education facilities, but also at K-12 education facilities, but also at K
- </c><00:25:37.840><c> centers</c> their early care and education centers their early care and education
Keywords:
youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> gain access to their education benefits. gain access to their education benefits.
- We would put it towards education.
- </c> of dollars cut from those educational of dollars cut from those educational programs<00:39:58.960
- </c> local public health to help them educate local public health to help them educate motans<00:46:50.880
- It's not just educational institutions or local governments.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Chair Youakim, who's my co-chair in the Education Finance Committee.
- Student loans were added to the definition of educational assistance payments.
- It is also the state's largest platform for education and agriculture.
- Educational outcomes are better. Economic outcomes are better.
- </c><01:26:42.880><c> outcomes</c> in two parent homes educational outcomes in two parent homes educational
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- coaching, financial education, as well as maternal wellness and fatherhood classes.
- coaching, financial education, as well as maternal wellness and fatherhood classes.
- We work with local ECFE organizations, certified educators from Families in Transition programs, and
- We've been able to get our moms to over 95% of their educational events.
- events we also track and educational events we also track and provide<01:07:08.440><c> transportation
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Jul 21st, 2026
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides some additional education on this topic, which may be helpful to newer members, or simply
- potentially pair a presentation on updated valuation results in a future interim with a more in-depth educational
- session on. in a future interim with a more in-depth educational session on asset smoothing.
- It was to provide the committee with an asset smoothing education session, and I understand the concept
- , but I've never received a sort of deeper level of education.
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy
Summary:
The Executive Committee of the State Committee on Pension Policy approved the June minutes and received updates from staff and counsel. The attorney reported on two class action matters: the Fowler/Probst Fowler teacher interest case, where a court ordered the state to pay $118 million and the state has appealed and sought a stay, and the Dawson case challenging last year’s HB 2034 related to the LEOFF 1 plan, where the complaint was amended and the state plans to move to dismiss. The actuary also provided a brief update on asset smoothing and offered to provide additional education on the topic.
The committee then focused on interim work planning and the September agenda. Members discussed an ad hoc COLA for PERS and TRS Plan 1 retirees, with staff explaining options for making a COLA part of the base budget or otherwise structuring it. The committee agreed to move forward with a bill for a Plan 1 ad hoc COLA and to have it considered in October, with a request for fiscal analysis. The committee also heard from a Washington State Patrol Troopers Association representative about survivor medical benefits, and staff said a cost estimate could be prepared for October if the proposal included retroactive coverage.
For September, the committee set the agenda to include PERS eligibility for animal control officers, a LEOFF 1 medical study update with possible action, and the Plan 1 ad hoc COLA item. Staff said the work plan would also add the ongoing Plan 1 COLA and survivor medical topics to October, along with preliminary 2027 meeting dates. The meeting ended with informal approval of the September agenda and adjournment.