Transcript Highlights:

• It's not finalized yet, but that would maybe adjust it a little bit.
• We did do a staffing model adjustment, or distribution change, at Green Hill School, pulling counselors
• Forecast had a slight downward adjustment in November, but continues to project up, requiring additional
• Altogether, these adjustments are modest, low-cost, and immediately actionable, but they address persistent
• for unaccompanied homeless youth and adolescents in conflict with their families, to operate by adjusting

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1544, which would require DCYF to study and improve the risk assessment tool used in child abuse and neglect investigations, including better identifying family strengths and needs, substance use-related risk, and service needs, and to certify the tool every three years. Staff explained the bill and noted it had passed the committee unanimously in substitute form last year. The prime sponsor, Representative Rule, said the tool would help reduce bias and support better decisions about child safety. Members raised questions about whether the bill would require new data systems or create a fiscal impact, and DCYF testified that the recertification process would focus on evidence-based literature and fidelity to the tool, though the agency acknowledged limitations in its data system. Support testimony from Partners for Our Children and DCYF emphasized that the current tool is not evidence-based and that the department is piloting the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale. The hearing on HB 1544 was then closed. The committee then received a lengthy work session from DCYF on juvenile rehabilitation. Juvenile Rehabilitation Assistant Secretary Jennifer Redman and security classification administrator Jeff Endermark described a growing JR population that is older, serving more adult-sentence youth, and projected to rise to about 481 by 2031. They said Green Hill School remains crowded, Harbor Heights is being brought online as a short-term option, and Echo Glen is near safe operational capacity. They explained JR’s classification system, behavior management process, and the role of multidisciplinary teams in placement decisions, as well as the expansion of community transition services (CTS), which uses electronic home monitoring for eligible youth. Staff described CTS eligibility, supervision expectations, and examples of successful placements, but also said the program needs more after-hours staffing and community supports. Members questioned the validity and equity of the risk tools, the availability of community resources, the impact of behavior policies and escapes, the use of single bunking, and broader concerns about lawsuits and sexual abuse in the system. JR reported an escape rate increase from 1.78 per 100 youth in 2001 to 3.92 in 2025 and said additional capacity and staffing are still needed. The committee then heard House Bill 2219, which would allow child care centers more flexibility in mixed-age grouping during parts of the day and waive repeated DCYF pre-service orientation for people who have already completed it. The prime sponsor, Representative Ortiz-Self, said the bill is meant to ease burdens on small providers. Testifiers from SEIU 925, a family child care provider, the Washington Child Care Centers Association, a child care center director, and the Children’s Campaign Fund supported the bill as a practical way to improve staffing flexibility and reduce duplicative licensing requirements, though one association asked that the bill’s daily time caps on mixed-age grouping be revised or removed. The committee then heard House Bill 2253, an agency-request technical corrections bill for DCYF licensing. Staff said it would allow child-specific licenses for certain relatives under interstate placements, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, remove licensing exemptions for physicians and lawyers, allow termination of inactive licenses, revise crisis residential center staffing ratios, and eliminate state monitoring requirements for the Washington School for the Deaf residential program. Members asked about how inactivity would be defined and whether the School for the Deaf inspections had historically produced savings. DCYF said the bill would help right-size licensing workloads after budget cuts and would let the agency work with stakeholders to define inactivity in rule. Testimony from DCYF, Community Youth Services, and Partners for Our Children supported the bill, especially the staffing ratio fix for crisis residential centers and the child-specific licensing changes for relatives.

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• Going down to page four, the first item that's not an operating adjustment would be line 166.
• </c><01:09:51.359><c> This</c><01:09:51.520><c> is</c> adjustment would be line 166.
• This is adjustment would be line 166.
• The next change item that's not an operating adjustment would be down on line 226.
• I'll have to adjust that part of it; it should be ongoing.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:09:25.960><c> brought</c><00:09:26.280><c> against</c> from nuisance claims brought against from
• nuisance claims brought against them<00:09:27.200><c> for</c><00:09:27.360><c> their</c><00:09:27.600
• Minnesota courts have balanced property nuisance claims with the rights of the property owner to have
• </c><00:13:56.360><c> with</c> you know, property nuisance claims with you know, property nuisance claims
• Claims get paid out of it, so it doesn't go to the bottom line of any employing municipality, is that

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:56:42.799><c> of</c><00:56:42.880><c> the</c><00:56:43.040><c> insurance</c><00:56:43.440><c> claims
• </c><00:56:43.839><c> which</c> in some of the insurance claims which in some of the insurance claims
• :46.880><c> whether</c><00:56:47.200><c> or</c><00:56:47.520><c> not</c><00:56:47.839><c> the</c> claims
• to see uh whether or not the claims to see uh whether or not the science<00:56:48.400><c> is</c><00:
• </c><01:23:22.239><c> a</c> That a company is found claiming a That a company is found claiming a fraudulent

Keywords: 916, all

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• to the sponsors of the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed
• to the sponsors of the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed
• to the sponsors of the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed
• to the sponsors of the bill, I wanted to ask in the letter of opposition that we did receive, it claimed
• Um just a little curious about that data. claimed that towing fraud and listening claimed that towing

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association on the importance of general aviation airports in Kentucky and their economic and public-safety role. Witnesses said the state has more than 50 general aviation airports that support jobs, agriculture, tourism, medical transport, disaster response, and law enforcement, and they urged continued support for aviation infrastructure and workforce development. They asked the legislature to again provide $200,000 per general aviation airport for operating and basic infrastructure costs, to route the money through the Kentucky Department of Aviation for accountability, to revisit a special-purpose governmental entity audit requirement they said is too costly for small airports, to create a long-term appropriations process for the roughly $100 million in unmet capital needs, and to fund the Arrow Act for aviation education and scholarships. Members asked about a dedicated aviation fuel tax and about local training partnerships, simulators, and school or community college programs; the witnesses said they preferred an appropriations-based solution and offered to help connect interested communities with aviation education resources. The committee then took up “Troy’s Law,” sponsored by Representatives White and Flannery, which would allow tow trucks to use blue lights while stationary and actively removing vehicles or debris from highways. Sponsors and tow operators said the bill is intended to improve worker safety after the deaths of tow operators Troy Cwell and Hubert Mosley in highway hit-and-run incidents, and they emphasized that tow operators often work in dangerous conditions at night, in bad weather, and near fast-moving traffic. They said the proposal would not apply while driving or towing and noted that other states have adopted similar measures. Witnesses from the towing industry, including Bubba Johnson and Barbara Maguire, supported the bill as an added layer of protection and described tow operators as first responders who help motorists in emergencies. Representative Flannery and other members expressed support for the safety goal and invited further discussion, but no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.

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• Care coordination, as currently offered by MCOs, means serving the whole person, not just paying claims
• </c> the whole person not just paying claims the whole person not just paying claims Joel<00:18:09.799
• You can see it in the actions of health insurance companies who use AI algorithms to bulk deny claims
• The Kaiser Family Foundation research again said consumers rarely appeal denied claims, fewer than 1%
• saved on my desktop on denials of claims saved on my desktop on my<01:09:47.920><c> computer</c><01:

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• will be Representatives the agents will be adjudicating<00:46:14.200><c> the</c><00:46:14.359><c> claims
• <00:46:15.160><c> appeal</c><00:46:15.599><c> staff</c><00:46:15.920><c> and</c> adjudicating the claims
• appeal staff and adjudicating the claims appeal staff and additional<00:46:16.559><c> program</c><00
• </p> <p>It'll work through the claim. So again, this is early, you know.
• </p> <p>We always get copied on a claim that has gone in on unemployment insurance to verify that with

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, that's the key is when you get a report is to actually make those adjustments and make this work.
• So, that's the key is when you get a report is to actually make those adjustments and make this work.
• So, that's the key is when you get a report is to actually make those adjustments and make this work.
• So, that's the key is when you get a report is to actually make those adjustments and make this work.
• So, that's the key is when you get a report is to actually make those adjustments and make this work.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The interview focused on the senator’s long career in the fire service and his legislative work on firefighter health and well-being. He described serving as a firefighter and fire marshal in St. Cloud, later as White Park’s only full-time firefighter, and also as a volunteer, EMT, captain, and fire chief in Rockville. He said those experiences made him familiar with occupational hazards faced by firefighters, including cancer, cardiac disease, and psychological trauma. A major topic was the Hometown Heroes assistance program, which he helped advance. He said the program covers about 20,000 Minnesota firefighters, including career, paid-on-call, and volunteer personnel, and provides training on cancer awareness, cardiac disease, and emotional trauma, along with counseling and financial assistance for qualifying occupational illnesses. He said the program can provide up to $20,000 in payments depending on the condition, offers up to five free counseling sessions per year, and has paid out about $5.7 million to fewer than 600 firefighters. He also said the program is funded by a $4 million annual appropriation and a separate insurance policy, and that it is managed through the Department of Public Safety and MinFIRE. The senator addressed a 2023 Legislative Auditor report that found management problems in the program, saying he contacted MinFIRE immediately and that the issues were largely a communication disconnect and a double payment of about $2,300, which was corrected. He said the auditor later confirmed the problems had been fixed. He noted that the latest bill received unanimous bipartisan support in both chambers, which he attributed to broad recognition of the program’s value for retention, recruitment, and support for firefighters and their families. He also said he would like to explore extending similar support to retired firefighters and possibly peace officers. The interview ended with him reflecting on his public service career and saying he plans to retire after 14 years in the Senate to spend more time with family and travel.

Transcript Highlights:

• This requires adjustments to districts' depreciation reimbursement payments for federal grants and rebates
• It changes the bus depreciation adjustments to 33% of the state price quote.
• It changes the bus depreciation adjustments to 33% of the state price quote rather than reducing the
• We've just made some adjustments to this space to help make it easier for our school districts.
• So again, sweeping the rug out from under, but I do appreciate the adjustment that was made by Rep.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met in executive session on three bills. For Second Substitute Senate Bill 6182, staff explained it would create an abortion savings program funded by a new assessment on health carriers to support grants for abortion clinical care access. Representative Marshall offered amendments to limit grants to Washington residents, expand eligibility to IVF and fertility providers, prioritize medically underserved areas, and add a 2031 sunset; all were rejected or withdrawn. The committee then voted 18-10 to report the bill out with a do pass recommendation. For Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6260, staff briefed a striking amendment that would reduce savings in K-12 spending by changing local effort assistance and Running Start limits, prioritizing some transition-to-kindergarten funding, and eliminating inflation increases for National Board bonuses. Members debated a series of amendments on bus depreciation, charter school LEA payments, transition-to-kindergarten funding, and Running Start. Some amendments were adopted, including a bus depreciation change and a Running Start adjustment, while others were rejected. The committee then adopted the striker as amended and reported the bill out 17-12 with a due pass recommendation. For Substitute Senate Bill 6355, which would establish the Washington Electric Transmission Authority and related board and advisory structures, members considered amendments on rural land-use expertise, eastern Washington board representation, corridor review standards, tribal workgroup removal, and payments in lieu of taxes for transmission facilities. One amendment was withdrawn and the others were rejected except for a landowner/rural expertise amendment that passed. The committee then reported the bill out 18-11 with a due pass recommendation. At the end of the meeting, members exchanged closing remarks thanking staff and colleagues, and the committee adjourned.

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• It also amends Section 63-3069, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding notice of adjustment of federal
• new Section 63-3070, Idaho Code, to establish provisions regarding partnership income and federal adjustments
• a new section 6330-70-70-Code to establish provisions regarding partnership income and federal adjustments
• I think that this bill could be adjusted and made to be a little bit different.
• I think that this bill could be adjusted and made to be a little bit different and maybe clarify some

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the next year you should get a million plus CPI, and then we adjust the rates accordingly based on
• Hancock, make sure it stays at something close to a million dollars by allowing some adjustments over
• On the, well, we kind of got to that with new construction, but there's sometimes adjustments, you know
• , CPI, but then maybe adjustments on population.
• they got this many, and so... but that is one area that I've seen heard about before: population adjustments

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This gives the board the opportunity, or flexibility, to downward adjust their fees based on their current
• since the transition to DOPL from the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses, We recognize the need to adjust
• Or maybe we just repeal some of these mandates or adjust some of these mandates when the balance is too
• This is kind of a reset time, as I see it, not only looking for efficiencies but trying to adjust to
• Not only looking for efficiencies, but trying to adjust to the changes that we made when we combined

Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee considered a series of administrative rule dockets, mostly from DOPL and related licensing boards. The committee approved rules for the Business Enterprise Program for the Blind, the Rules of Midwifery, the Idaho State Board of Dentistry, and the Idaho Board of Nursing. Those presentations focused largely on zero-based rule rewrites, fee reductions or temporary fee decreases being made permanent, and compliance with House Bill 152’s cash-balance requirements. Testimony generally emphasized stakeholder input, federal or board approval where applicable, and the need to keep fees aligned with board solvency targets. The committee then heard several fee-rule dockets involving boards with low or negative cash balances. The Board of Drinking Water and Wastewater Professionals presented a rule package that clarified licensure requirements, removed some outdated provisions, and increased fees to address a negative cash balance; Idaho Rural Water Association testified in support, saying the changes would reduce regulatory burden while acknowledging the need for higher fees. The committee approved the docket by roll call after some opposition. The Occupational Therapy Licensure Board docket, which proposed a short-term fee increase to restore solvency, failed by roll call vote after members raised concerns about the broader structure of board funding and whether consolidation or other reforms should be considered. The committee also heard a lengthy discussion on the State Board of Acupuncture’s proposed fee increase. The board and a supporting practitioner testified that the board was in deficit, that fees had not been raised in many years, and that the increase was needed to maintain licensure and public safety. Some senators questioned whether licensure remained necessary in light of modern consumer review systems and whether the board should be consolidated or eliminated. A motion to reject the docket failed on a tie, and the original motion to hold the docket for further information passed, leaving the acupuncture rules unresolved. After that, the chair announced the committee would adjourn and reschedule remaining matters.

Transcript Highlights:

• This gives the board the opportunity or flexibility to downward adjust their fees based on their current
• since the transition to DOPL from the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses, we recognize the need to adjust
• Or maybe we just repeal some of these mandates or adjust some of these mandates when the balance is too
• This is kind of a reset time as I see it, not only looking for efficiencies but trying to adjust to the
• Not only looking for efficiencies, but trying to adjust to the changes that we made when we combined

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• was defined in 1963 in the Planning Enabling Act as follows: a variance is the means by which an adjustment
• of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone, and in which adjustment
• A variance is the means by which an adjustment is made in the application of the specific regulations
• deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone in which adjustment
• Now that's And which adjustment remedies disparity and privileges.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• happening to premiums and make some decisions about how to move forward or how to proceed with either adjusting
• with<00:08:13.039><c> um</c><00:08:13.520><c> either</c><00:08:14.319><c> um</c><00:08:14.720><c> adjusting
• </c><00:08:15.199><c> those</c><00:08:15.440><c> those</c> with um either um adjusting those those with
• um either um adjusting those those penalties<00:08:16.240><c> or</c><00:08:16.479><c> repealing</c><
• would hope that there would at least be some reporting on it so that people could see and see what adjustments

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• language that gives insurers and third-party administrators affiliated companies more control over claims
• language that gives insurers and third party administrators affiliated companies more control over claim
• Safe Flight Solutions helps control claim intakes and referrals and the consumer path through the insurance
• This is not just theory: consumers using insurance portals and glass claim solutions often see Safe Flight

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on June 24, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum and began by hearing presentations only. SB 308 was presented as a bill to streamline fiscal reporting for California community colleges by combining two overlapping annual audit reports into one. SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond, drew extensive testimony from the authors and many supporters, who argued it would help offset federal research cuts, protect California’s science infrastructure, support jobs, and preserve life-saving research in areas such as cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s, ALS, climate resilience, and quantum computing. The bill was described as a bond measure that would require a three-party agreement and was sent to suspense. After quorum was established, the committee took up the consent and suspense calendars. Several bills were approved on consent, including SB 308 and a large group of other measures, while the suspense calendar was deemed approved, including SB 895 and other bills listed by the chair. Public comment on SB 895 continued for a long period, with many researchers, students, labor representatives, university officials, and patient advocates speaking in strong support and urging the bill be moved to the floor. The committee also heard SB 1350, which would expand green hydrogen by allowing renewable portfolio standard credits for certain hydrogen use in power generation; the author and supporters said it would help clean energy development, create jobs, and support projects like ARCHES and Element. Later, SB 1306 was presented to align California law with federal exemptions for certain chemical mixtures containing GBL used in semiconductor manufacturing research. The author and SEMI’s representative said the bill would reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, avoid disrupting semiconductor supply chains, and not change rules for pure GBL. The bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with one no vote and one not voting. The hearing then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Do any CCRCs actually claim or advertise that they have ALRs as part of their service? Jim?
• to say that while the office does have the authority, it is accurate that for sort of an individual claim
• , we don't tend to get involved in one individual's claim on something.
• She just brought up a few minutes ago about there being a facility claiming to be a CCRC not on the AG

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met to review its draft final report on continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with most of the discussion focused on whether recommendations required unanimous consensus and how to handle disagreements in the report. Members agreed that consensus meant no stated opposition, and several participants argued that unresolved issues should still be described in the report rather than omitted. The chairs said the report would include agreed-upon recommendations, note areas without consensus, and preserve written comments or dissent letters submitted by members. The draft report’s findings and slides were reviewed charge by charge, including CCRC definitions, financial condition, entrance fee refunds, regulatory oversight, advertising practices, and closure/change-of-ownership procedures. Members suggested several factual and wording edits, including clarifying financial data sources, correcting a presenter’s name, refining language about entrance fee use and refund timing, and revising statements about Attorney General authority and CCRC advertising. There was also discussion about the need to distinguish nonprofit and for-profit CCRCs and to better explain how different care levels and licensing structures are described. On recommendations, the commission kept the proposal to advance the disclosure bill (S. 478) and update the consumer guide, but removed a recommendation for annual open board meetings after objections that it was inadequate. The group spent considerable time debating whether to recommend resident representation on CCRC boards, timely refund requirements for entrance fees, and possible state registration or definition changes for CCRCs, but no consensus was reached on those items. The chairs said the final report would be completed by the statutory August 1 deadline, with final written comments due before then and the report and meeting materials posted on the legislature website.

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• Juneteenth is the day America took a hard, necessary step toward actually becoming what it always claimed
• a little less competitive, a little more hostile to the entrepreneurs and to families that we all claim
• People are not... ...and to families that we all claim to serve.
• the request of all of us and the subcommittee on a report for fiscal stability based on those old claims

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• using Vermont families' most sensitive data to build competitive advantages over small businesses they claim
• 08:50.680><c> they</c> advantages over small businesses they advantages over small businesses they claim
• </c> claim to be protecting. claim to be protecting.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• And there have been false environmental claims about the safety of sunscreen products that exploit consumers
• And there have been false environmental claims about the safety of sunscreen products that exploit consumers
• These claims can mislead consumers who, like us, are trying to make environmentally responsible choices
• products sold in California cannot be labeled or advertised as reef safe, reef-friendly, or any similar claim

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all