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• to trained professionals who can access injuries in common youth athletes like concussion, who can access
• and public and private investment is needed to ensure more young people have access to spaces to play
• address disparities in access to organized sports, particularly for marginalized youth, to ensure widespread
• Yet access to youth sports is not equal.
• So this resolution acknowledges the importance of providing access to all young people who choose to

Keywords: 904, all

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• to trained professionals who can access injuries in common youth athletes like concussion, who can access
• and public and private investment is needed to ensure more young people have access to spaces to play
• address disparities in access to organized sports, particularly for marginalized youth, to ensure widespread
• Yet access to youth sports is not equal.
• So this resolution acknowledges the importance of providing access to all young people who choose to

Summary: The Senate convened with roll call, page introductions, the Pledge of Allegiance, and prayers offered by representatives of the Islamic Center of Olympia. The chamber then suspended Rule 46 so committees could meet during the pro forma session, approved the previous day’s journal, received a message from the Secretary of State certifying initiative I-26-001, and referred Substitute Senate Bill 5292 (Family Medical Rights) and Senate Bill 6301 (supervision of line) to the designated committees. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 8674 recognizing the 77th Republic Day of India. Supportive remarks emphasized India’s constitution, democratic values, and the contributions of Indian Americans in Washington in business, public service, culture, and civic life. After adoption, the Senate welcomed the Consul General of India in Seattle and members of the Indian American community in the gallery. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 8664 recognizing youth sports. The resolution highlighted the benefits of organized athletics for youth well-being, academic engagement, and mental health, while noting disparities in access, the need for trained coaches and injury prevention, and the value of adaptive and emerging sports. Senator Nobles and others spoke in support, stressing inclusion, belonging, and the importance of investing in youth. The Senate then welcomed youth sports and equity groups in the gallery and adjourned until the next day.

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• a patient or potentially to the public; providing access to investigative files to a respondent; and
• If we're going to have midwives, and we're going to have midwives, then allowing them access to what
• We want to keep access affordable for all.
• In closing, OPA is a tool to provide increased access to oral health care.
• minors to conduct age verification for any person attempting to access the material.

Summary: The committee took up House Bill 2308, which would prohibit a dental insurer or its holding company from owning interests in dental practices regulated by the Arizona Board of Dental Examiners. The sponsor and Arizona Dental Association argued the bill is meant to prevent vertical integration and insurer control over provider care, while Delta Dental opposed it, saying the measure would block nonprofit insurers from investing in clinics for indigent care and create divestment burdens. After discussion of possible exemptions and market-share caps, the committee passed HB 2308 on a 7-0 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 4001, as amended, which creates a licensing and enforcement framework for alternative nicotine products beginning in 2028, increases penalties for sales to minors, restricts youth-oriented marketing, and licenses manufacturers and distributors. Supporters, including the sponsor, Border Security Alliance, Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, and Vapor Technology Association, said the bill would improve supply-chain transparency and help curb illegal products and youth vaping. Opponents, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, argued it should instead use a full tobacco retail licensing model and that the bill’s enforcement structure lacks sufficient resources. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-1. House Bill 2873, as amended, was also approved unanimously. The strike-everything amendment allows a person or organization that filed a city or town referendum petition to withdraw it before ballot qualification, applies the rule retroactively to withdrawals filed on or after January 1, 2026, and bars tallying or canvassing votes for referenda with a withdrawal notice. The sponsor described it as a common-sense governance fix, and the committee gave it a 7-0 do-pass recommendation. The committee next heard House Bill 2408, which revises Arizona Board of Nursing complaint procedures, confidentiality, investigation timelines, expungement authority, and related disciplinary processes. Nursing board officials opposed parts of the bill, warning that changes to nursing education oversight and tighter deadlines could weaken patient safety and increase costs and liability, while the Arizona Nurses Association and several nurses supported the bill as a way to prioritize serious complaints, improve timeliness, and allow expungement in appropriate cases. After adopting the amendment, the committee passed HB 2408 on a 5-2 vote. The committee also passed House Bill 2342, which limits HOA restrictions on backyard shade structures, and House Bill 2323, which extends Arizona’s motor vehicle lemon law protections to lessees, both by unanimous votes. Finally, the committee began hearing House Bill 4010 on creating a Board of Genetic Counselors, with the sponsor and supporters describing it as a licensure and patient-safety measure; the transcript ends during testimony on that bill.

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• My concern is that there are families that currently are able to access and utilize both of these services
• Parents as Teachers is designed for situations where those kids don't have access to those services,
• Parents' as teachers is designed for situations where those kids don't have access to those services.
• They have access to all of these essential services to get people in, whether it's, like I said, now
• It's not just we're going to tell you to call 211 to get services.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• /c><00:26:28.679><c> to</c><00:26:28.919><c> kids</c> access to local fresh food to kids access to local
• </c><00:42:55.680><c> for</c> universal access to uh School meals for universal access to uh School meals
• gave all students access to nutritious gave all students access to nutritious School<01:04:09.000><c
• /c><01:07:56.359><c> free</c> access without stick ma to free access without stick ma to free nutritious
• <01:09:33.040><c> to</c><01:09:33.359><c> healthy</c> access to healthy access to healthy food<01:09:

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• access to support?
• access to some of these other events, and they would continue to be allowed to do that.
• access the best show that we want to go see.
• access the best show that we want to go see.
• Of that information, the ability to access that information.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on youth health, sports, and entertainment access. AB 1626 would require mental health training for youth sports coaches and create a model training for recreational and club coaches; supporters said coaches are often the first adults to notice mental health struggles, and the bill passed 6-0 to the Assembly Education Committee. AB 1884, as amended, would allow school districts that already use athletic drug-testing programs to add nicotine testing, with safeguards limiting disclosure and removing earlier punitive provisions; supporters framed it as a response to youth vaping, while opponents warned it could stigmatize students, discourage participation in extracurriculars, and burden schools. The bill passed 3-2 to the Assembly Education Committee, with some members still expressing reservations but supporting it after amendments. AB 2503 addressed heat guidelines for desert school athletics, seeking flexibility in wet-bulb temperature rules so practices and games would not be pushed so heavily into evening hours. The author and a desert athletic trainer argued current standards do not reflect local acclimatization and create scheduling burdens; the bill passed 5-0 to the Assembly Education Committee. AB 1954, the PAR Act, would require third-party golf reservation platforms to have written authorization from municipal golf course operators before listing or reselling tee times, aimed at stopping inflated resale of public golf reservations. Supporters from city and golf organizations said the bill would protect affordable access to public courses; it passed 5-0 to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee also heard AB 2319, which would create a standalone California post-production tax credit to keep editorial, sound, visual effects, and finishing work in-state even when principal photography occurs elsewhere. Labor and industry witnesses said California is losing post-production jobs to other jurisdictions and urged the bill be amended to include stronger labor standards; the bill passed to the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. Finally, AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, would cap resale prices for concert and live entertainment tickets at no more than 10% above face value, excluding sporting events and certain season-ticket arrangements. The author argued the bill would curb scalping and make live events more affordable for fans.

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• was unable to make certain changes to certain MVE services for the duration of the time the department's
• digital resources, and improving access to legal databases.
• And you are wanting to raise it to where it would be $20 to help fund those particular services there
• Our mission is to provide legal research materials, education, support services, and facilities to the
• , and its services to the needs of the public, the bench, and the bar.

Committee: House Corrections and Public Institutions

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• access to STEM opportunities, and where could we be doing more with an eye again to make sure scholars
• Our services are provided at no cost to them.
• So those are people accessing services.
• So those are people accessing services.
• So those are people accessing services.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• people when they want to ...go into some of the Medicaid services or Medicare services, that they can
• It's just protecting the patient's rights to access one that already exists.
• Access to direct donor blood is no different.
• The mission of blood services within the mission of the Red Cross is to alleviate human suffering and
• Patients can already access directed or autologous donations currently by talking to their providers,

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• Representative, good to see you. This creates an Office of Accessibility.
• have accessibility issues or need technical assistance, they will decide whether to go to the General
• Are you referring to physical accessibility? Are you talking about having access to data?
• We would need a person to go into a site interview and determine accessibility.
• They will also be able to communicate back to the General Services Department if there's something that

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

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• I am testifying to encourage the committee to support SB 6050 to allow the people of Washington to access
• I am testifying to encourage the committee to support SB 6050 to allow the people of Washington to access
• Turning to the bill before you, it directs Ecology to amend its rules to exempt utility service vehicles
• Turning to the bill before you, it directs ecology to amend its rules to exempt utility service vehicles
• services to our customers.

Summary: The committee heard public hearings on four bills. SB 5982 would expand Clean Energy Transformation Act coverage to include port districts and certain single-customer utilities, and would revise definitions for market customers and affected market customers. Supporters, including environmental groups, Commerce, Ecology, and some port and utility representatives, said it would close loopholes and ensure large loads such as data centers and port-based generation are subject to CETA. Opponents from ports, PUDs, business groups, and industrial consumers argued the bill could sweep in existing single-customer utilities and burden smaller ports or industrial projects. No vote was taken; the chair closed the hearing after noting substantial pro, con, and other testimony. SB 6008 would create a statewide residential battery incentive and flexible demand program administered through Commerce, with higher incentives for low- and moderate-income customers and requirements tied to utility flexible demand programs. Supporters said it would improve grid resilience, lower bills, and help deploy virtual power plants and distributed storage. Utilities and some advocates supported the concept but asked for changes on funding, low-income verification, compensation, deadlines, and program design. No action was taken beyond the public hearing. SB 6050 would allow portable plug-in solar devices and one meter-mounted device per premises, while restricting utilities, landlords, and HOAs from blocking them and setting safety and certification conditions. Supporters called it a low-cost way to expand distributed solar access, especially for renters and lower-income households. Opponents, including labor, utilities, and safety-focused witnesses, raised concerns about fire risk, backfeeding, lack of existing electrical code standards, utility worker safety, and the need for interconnection review. The committee then heard SB 6056, which would direct Ecology to exempt utility service vehicles from certain clean vehicle emissions standards; Ecology said it was already pursuing a similar rule and flagged the bill’s broad definition and potential policy implications, while utility associations supported the exemption for emergency response vehicles and environmental advocates opposed the statutory approach. No votes were taken on any of the bills.

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• allow us access to our family lands.
• try to access these parcels.
• EMS services are compelled to transport patients to either Brockton or Boston.
• EMS services are compelled to transport patients to either Brockton or Boston.
• folks get to emergency services as quickly as possible.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Summary: The committee heard testimony on H. 3599, a bill concerning access to landlocked Indian lands in Massachusetts. Witnesses, including members of the Mashpee Wampanoag and Herring Pond communities, described long-standing family land access problems, tax assessments they said treated inaccessible parcels as buildable, and a 2016 Supreme Judicial Court ruling that denied easements by necessity on the basis of tribal custom. They said the bill would restore equal treatment under the law and noted support from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and conditional support from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, with possible language changes still under discussion. Members asked about the tax impacts and the status of tribal support, and the chair said the committee would review the conditions and written letters before proceeding. The committee then took up H. 5047, authorizing the Commonwealth to take the Norwood Hospital property by eminent domain so the site can be restored as a hospital. Sponsors Rep. Rogers, Sen. Rush, and Rep. Lynch argued that the closure of Norwood Hospital after the 2020 flood and Steward bankruptcy left a regional medical gap affecting more than a dozen towns, major venues, and emergency responders. They said the site should be returned to a not-for-profit operator, that the state would not be asked to fund the hospital itself, and that eminent domain would allow an independent valuation and move the project forward. Several committee members voiced support, while Rep. Davis asked about timing, cost, and whether negotiations with the current owner could still resolve the issue; sponsors said the private owner had delayed too long and that the state needed a contingency path. Testimony from local officials, chamber representatives, nurses, firefighters, EMS leaders, and residents emphasized the hospital’s regional role, the strain on ambulance and emergency room capacity, longer transport times, boarding at other hospitals, and added costs to towns for ambulances and staffing. Speakers also described personal experiences with delayed care and said the hospital had been profitable before the flood. The Massachusetts Nurses Association and the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts supported the bill, stressing the need for inpatient beds, emergency preparedness, and a stable regional health care system. The committee also briefly heard and accepted testimony on S. 2922, an Eversource-backed bill authorizing an underground easement at Magazine Beach in Cambridge for the Greater Cambridge Energy Project, before returning to the Norwood Hospital bill; no votes were taken during the hearing.

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• As part of the approval process, local government must consider access to public services, including
• would go back to the nonprofit so you can continue to do your services.
• to bank accounts or access to money, that they are released and then they get their day in court and
• to bank accounts or access to money, that they are released and then they get their day in court and
• to bank accounts or access to money, that they are released and then they get their day in court and

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <c> I</c> logical way to bridge services and I logical way to bridge services and I appreciate<01:27:
• to have access to the food they need to grow and learn at school.
• </c><01:37:46.599><c> food</c> for children to have access to the food for children to have access to
• </c><03:28:42.840><c> to</c> transportation and access to transportation and access to school<03:28:44.640
• to the grocery store or to a place where they could access computer hookups to fill out forms.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up HB 651, a school-funding bill that would raise the base cost of an adequate education and increase differentiated aid for students in poverty, English language learners, and special education. The chair opened with housekeeping notices about parking and eating in committee spaces, and noted a revised fiscal note would be distributed. Representative David Luneau presented the bill as part of a broader package of public school funding measures, explaining that HB 651 builds on HB 550 and is intended to respond to court rulings and the ongoing school-funding litigation by adjusting both the base adequacy amount and equity-based funding factors. Luneau said the bill would raise the state’s adequacy grant from about $4,100 to $7,351 per student and increase differentiated aid, while also updating statutory language so future recalculations include the court-identified resource elements. He argued the measure is about fairness and shifting more of the burden from local property taxpayers to the state, not about increasing overall education spending. He reviewed fiscal-note figures indicating the bill would add roughly $576 million to the state share of school funding, bringing the total state share to about $1.65 billion, and said the note also mentions possible effects on charter schools and vouchers. Committee members asked about the evidence supporting higher costs for low-income and English learner students, how long ESL funding should continue, why free-and-reduced-lunch aid remains higher than special education aid, whether the formula is based on enrollment or average daily membership, and whether the bill is truly equitable across districts of different sizes and needs. Luneau and later witness Zach Shen of the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project said the bill is supported by research and court findings, that the current formula relies heavily on local property taxes, and that shifting more funding to the state would reduce property-tax pressure and help address disparities among districts. Shen also cited broad public support for the related HB 550 testimony and said HB 651 is intended as a step toward a more equitable funding system. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• Five is to create a point of order against cuts to public service loan forgiveness.
• It would lead to not just cuts, but loss of access to care.
• services they need to build their families.
• It is our responsibility to make sure that they have access to the health care services they need, including
• who served our nation bravely, in uniform, can access the services they need to build their future.

Committee: Senate Senate Budget

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• to essential communication services.
• The technology... ...and the services need to be paid for.
• pay to a program and improve service.
• services or other services to support the program, we'd want to be able to move quickly to support the
• access those essential services and public safety.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This bill threatens to reduce access to life-saving emergency medical services, placing lives at risk
• I urge you to vote no on SB 378. Thank you. Nevadans to access high-quality health care.
• This bill threatens to reduce access to life-saving emergency medical services, placing lives at risk
• shortfall related to the costs of provider services.
• Nevada to provide integrated student support services.

Keywords: 909, all

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• They enable businesses to start, to grow and thrive, giving them access to market research, educational
• them access to market research, giving them access to market research, educational<00:26:06.600><c>
• They moved there to get bus service.
• They moved there to get bus service.
• It requires health insurers to submit information to the Agency of Human Services to analyze the total

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Um, we want parents to have access to, or a youth card that's had access to the adult section, right?
• Um, we want parents to have access to, or a youth card that's had access to the adult section, right?
• 19.279><c> car</c> parents to have access to or a youth car parents to have access to or a youth car
• > have</c><00:30:10.159><c> access</c><00:30:10.399><c> to</c> their child be able to have access to
• </c><01:06:00.720><c> books</c> children to have access to those books children to have access to those

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• ..as a registering agent to do exactly this, house these companies and do this as a service.
• to give us help with legal services, and we provide them an hourly rate and pay them money.
• We use contract employees from time to time to give us help with legal services, and we provide them
• I want to be clear, and I think this is always important: I think sometimes we conflate access to an
• to care or the type of care that we... ...have access to care or the type of care that we might prefer

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

Keywords: 989, all