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• And obviously, we know that, you know, the Senate plan, and I have...
• First, resolution plans need to move faster.
• This was a master plan recommendation too.
• Well, I think it goes back to that planning team, right? Like, it's a planning team.
• Could require us to make adjustments to the planning documents.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• That is a plan, a savings plan in 2017.
• So that's sort of the plan.
• So that's sort of the plan.
• So that's sort of the plan.
• </c> it all online and set up a payment plan. it all online and set up a payment plan.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• plan plan to<00:19:58.760><c> make</c><00:19:59.080><c> informed</c><00:19:59.400><c> choices</c><00
• Comprehensive planning is needed now.
• Comprehensive planning is needed now.
• Comprehensive planning is needed now.
• Um, there's a whole plan that's laid out to engage, find or engage, plan, find, and keep for the service

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• master plan in about 25 years.
• <00:31:35.840><c> taskforce</c><00:31:36.840><c> which</c> planning taskforce which planning taskforce
• </c> that this would apply only to planning that this would apply only to planning board<01:40:32.080
• </c> elected members of a board so planning elected members of a board so planning board<01:43:01.400
• </c> rejection to an application planning rejection to an application planning board<01:45:53.000><c>

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• high-deductible health plans.
• high-deductible health plans.
• I can't speak to where they are in the planning process.
• </c> speak to where they are in the planning speak to where they are in the planning process.<00:38:04.359
• plan a former planning being on a former plan a former planning board<00:59:44.120><c> and</c><00:59

Bills: HF4364 , HF4821 , HF4543 , HF3945

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: Central and Eastern European Affairs, ethnic council, advisory council, Minnesota state government, immigrant communities, refugees, humanitarian parolees, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Baltic states, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Russia

Transcript Highlights:

• , a Medigap plan, and also a pharmacy plan (by the way, they have to buy that separately), too, or are
• that plan, they're stuck.
• You cannot get off because you can no longer buy a Medigap plan.
• But let's start, first of all, with somebody who goes on that plan, buys a Medicare Advantage plan, the
• Those plans, those private insurance plans, have all of the difficulties that private insurance plans

Transcript Highlights:

• We hope to continue this conversation with you in future sessions as we learn and plan more.
• This slide shows the groups that were engaged with during the process by MAD to inform the plan.
• So please feel free to read through the plan. It also highlights the complexity of this issue.
• </c><01:15:40.560><c> that</c> option to participate in a plan that option to participate in a plan that
• Was that on their plan, do you know, at this point? No? Okay. Can Miss Sommerfeld come back then?

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Are there plans in the works to look at these facilities that you're aware of?
• Park: There are contingency plans.
• as a backup plan.
• So you don't want it as plan A than you causing trouble, members. Any other questions?
• </c> taxpayer dollars to have a backup plan taxpayer dollars to have a backup plan in<01:17:05.480><c

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education heard several measures focused on health, environment, and research. HB 970 would allow chiropractic students to participate in clinical practice under direct supervision; the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic offered comments and asked for a delayed implementation date until July 2027 to allow time to adopt rules, while the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the bill. Members also discussed that there are currently no chiropractic schools in the state. The committee then heard HB 1185, which creates a plant-based building materials working group, and HB 1337, which establishes an endemic plant seed bank pilot program. Supporters of HB 1185 said the bill could help create green jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing materials such as bamboo, hempcrete, and bio-cements, with questions raised about in-state processing. For HB 1337, witnesses supported the goal of preserving endemic species but said a large-scale refrigerated storage and seed-production facility would be needed; one witness estimated startup costs of about $6 million for one island and noted existing seed banks are small-scale and not designed for reforestation. HB 1300 would fund a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center multi-ethnic cohort study on cancer disparities among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Filipinos, and Asians, including environmental and social factors such as proximity to landfills. The Cancer Center, ACS CAN, and labor representatives supported the bill, emphasizing health disparities and concerns about landfill exposure; committee members asked about federal funding, and the Cancer Center said it would pursue NIH, private, and foundation support, with the state share described as $500,000 per year for two years. HB 736 would create a wastewater technology testing pilot program at the Water Resources Research Center; supporters said it could help certify cheaper alternatives to costly cesspool and septic upgrades, and the Department of Health supported the measure. The committee also heard HB 531, which authorizes special license plates for the Cancer Center; supporters said it would raise visibility and funds, and the Cancer Center estimated revenue would likely be under $100,000. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Colleen Gill with the Office of Planning and Budget.
• Both of these are just an alignment to their master plan.
• That, again, is that alignment for the master plan.
• Here we'll show how we make up the plan estimates.
• Here we'll show how we make up the plan estimates.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the agency has had their plan approved as of September of this year.
• development plan.
• But we're about to release our five-year finance plan.
• Yeah, so on that financial plan, remember this is how I read it.
• I thought it was a four-year rolling financial plan. Mr.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Residual market and get insurance out of the Fair Plan.
• That's the Fair Plan, which you supported. But the Fair Plan... Yeah, I understand that.
• But the Fair Plan limits you because if you have a mortgage...
• Hasn't the uptake on the Fair Plan just exploded?
• I plan on it not going over 30 million.

Transcript Highlights:

• If confirmed, I'm committed to serving in partnership with the Health Planning Council and supporting
• </c><00:15:54.360><c> Council</c> dimension to the Health Planning Council dimension to the Health Planning
• Haley Cain for the Windward Area Subarea Health Planning Council.
• </c> uh, Health Planning Council. uh, Health Planning Council.
• This is for Trisha Lynn Yamashita for the Kauai Sub-Area Health Planning Council.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard several governor’s message nominations for health-related boards and commissions. Kanwardeep Kaleka was considered for the Substance Abuse Kauai Service Area Board; he said his work as a psychiatrist and family physician on Kauai motivates him to improve mental health and addiction services. Kunani Dryer was considered for the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances; he emphasized 26 years of personal recovery, harm reduction experience, and representation of rural, LGBTQIA+, and Native Hawaiian communities. Olivia Kim was considered for the Center for Nursing Advisory Board; testimony highlighted her experience in nursing leadership, long-term care, and LPN workforce issues. Trisha Lynn Yamashita was considered for the Kauai Subarea Health Planning Council; she described her hospice leadership, public health and palliative care background, and focus on data-informed, community-centered planning. Emily Dong was considered for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel Wastewater Treatment Plants; she stressed wastewater’s public health importance and the need to strengthen the operator workforce pipeline. Testimony in support came from the Department of Health and several organizations and individuals, including the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hina Mauka, the Kauai mayor, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and others. Committee members generally praised the nominees’ credentials and community ties, and repeatedly noted the value of lived experience, rural perspective, and workforce expertise. One nominee, Olivia Kim, was not present and was deferred to a later meeting for decision-making. At the end of the hearing, the committee took up the governor’s messages and recommended advise and consent for GM707, GM537, GM545, GM724, and GM790, with Senator Fevella excused and no objections recorded. GM662 was deferred to Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 3:20 p.m. in Room 225 because the nominee could not attend. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so have all of them or is DCS planning on asking all of them for an MOU?
• And the state system eliminated cost sharing for this current plan year.
• And the state system eliminated cost sharing for this current plan year.
• So now we're just really addressing the commercial side. current plan year.
• Dale Krogan was here earlier and planned on testifying in support of this.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of Senate bills focused largely on mental health, public health, child welfare, and insurance coverage. SB 1113 would allow screening or evaluation agency employees to personally serve court documents on patients in involuntary mental health proceedings; supporters said this would reduce burdens on police and be less disruptive for patients. The committee adopted the Bliss amendment limiting reimbursement to services provided under county contract, and SB 1113 was given a due pass recommendation 12-0. SB 1122 would limit Access from imposing over-100% prepayment review on certain behavioral health providers serving American Indian Health Program members unless a corrective action plan is in place; Access was neutral and said it had worked with the sponsor, and the bill passed 12-0. SB 1123 would remove a board-certification requirement so trained, licensed forensic pathologists can supervise pathology trainees during autopsies; Maricopa County supported it as a workforce and efficiency measure, and it passed 12-0. SB 1125 would require DCS to make annual efforts to enter MOUs with Arizona tribes and improve coordination on tribal children in state care; DCS said it was already working on pending MOUs, and the bill passed 12-0. The committee also heard several bills tied to breast cancer screening and court-ordered treatment. SB 1165 would prohibit cost-sharing for follow-up breast cancer diagnostic and supplemental screening services in private insurance; the sponsor and advocates described it as removing financial barriers that can delay diagnosis, and it passed 12-0. SB 1243 would require guardians to be notified before discharge or release of patients under court-ordered treatment and allow guardians to seek continuation of treatment; family members and advocates testified that missed renewals can create dangerous gaps, and the bill passed 10-0 with two absent. SB 1318 would repeal a state breast-density notice requirement that now overlaps with a newer federal FDA standard; ADHS said the change would reduce confusion and duplicate notices, and it passed 11-0 with one absent. Later, SB 1188 would align Arizona controlled-substance schedules with federal FDA/DEA scheduling; the sponsor said it would speed access to new treatments, while one member opposed it over concerns about relying on federal agencies, and it passed 8-2. SB 1193 would bar DHS from selling or disclosing EMT personal identifying information for commercial purposes without consent; the sponsor said the bill was prompted by concerns about vendors buying licensee data, and members discussed whether broader privacy protections should be considered, but the bill passed 10-0. Finally, SB 1477 would require referral agencies serving assisted living facilities to verify background-screening practices, registry status, and insurance coverage; the sponsor and PASSRS said it would raise standards in senior placement services, and it passed 10-0 after a technical amendment. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, a setback conversation is really important in planning.
• I know that we think that our day-to-day best-laid plans of urban planning and urban transit will always
• That's why we have good planning. That's why very, very... Rules are written in blood.
• That's why we have good planning.
• , a really substantial investment by To Kirkland, a $54 billion plan, a really substantial investment

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB5831 , SB6134 , SB6136 , SB6137 , HB2689 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5957 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6011 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives

Summary: The House received a Senate message that Substitute House Bill 1570 had passed the Senate, then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up several bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. Amendment 2336 to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but rejected, and a separate amendment to add safe-injection-site language was ruled out of scope. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects drew multiple amendments focused on Sound Transit’s authority. Amendments to require written consent from abutting property owners, to add flood-zone and seismic/critical-area protections, and to address public-records issues were either rejected or ruled beyond scope, though the local government committee amendment was adopted. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on digital personality rights and Senate Bill 6136 on transparency in workers’ compensation rate-setting, both with strong bipartisan support. Later, the House passed a series of additional bills: Substitute Senate Bill 6034 codifying the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs; Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization reform, with remarks emphasizing limits on AI in health care decisions; Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act; Substitute Senate Bill 5720 establishing uniform consumer debt default judgment procedures; Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding and labor considerations; Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 creating a work group on e-motorcycles; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators to support accessible, more affordable housing; Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen; Substitute Senate Bill 6189 giving Thurston County more time to pursue an aquatics public facilities district; and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment obligations if retroactive union pay is received. Most of these bills passed with large margins, and the House adjourned after completing final passage votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• There is a master plan for it, and there is, uh, currently 22 acres that they would like to sell.
• There is a master site plan, uh, which has been, um, uh, signed off on by the city with zoning, and uh
• , MDA has participated in that site plan that has multiple different uses, from some residential, uh,
• There is a master plan for it developed.
• There is a master plan for it and<00:03:12.159><c> there</c><00:03:12.319><c> is</c><00:03:12.720><c>

Committee: Joint Universities and Colleges

Keywords: Universities and Colleges - Room 216, 3 March, 2026; 11:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By way of background, local governments that plan under the Growth Management Act are subject...
• By way of background, local governments that plan under the Growth Management Act are subject to additional
• A local government must negotiate a mitigation plan with a public hospital district, fire protection
• they'll have to hire an engineering firm to conduct... ...one employee handling those plan reviews,
• together a plan, what would you foresee would be a mitigation, I guess, because we're talking about

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• fiscal year, and provide each agency with the necessary information and documentation to meet their planning
• It delays the effective dates of the bill, except for the intent section and separation planning requirements
• fiscal year, and provide each agency with the necessary information and documentation to meet their planning
• By preparing for this meeting, my family was able to avoid a modification to my son's education plan
• It will also require OSPI to show the legislature and the governor their plan for addressing student

Bills: HB1662 , HB1683 , HB2534 , HB2557 , HB2594

Committee: House Education

Keywords: education agencies, administrative independence, superintendent, education reform, agency authority, education, school boards, district adjustments, administrative boundaries, educational governance, military families, child stability, transitional schooling, support services, special education, parental rights, educational access, evaluation reports, disability services, unhoused

Transcript Highlights:

• Can't speak to the other sharing plans. Of all the reasons that were already stated.
• major sharing plans and how they're going to utilize this going forward.
• First thing I'll tell you, we don't have health plans, right? This is not insurance.
• First thing I'll tell you, we don't have health plans, right? This is not insurance.
• Is there a plan, is the plan to hire a clearinghouse administrator in-house or to contract with one?

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the things that we've done this year in our eight-year construction work plan is we benchmarked
• So you're going to hear me tell you that some of those projects ended up outside of the eight-year plan
• They had one of their local metropolitan planning groups step up and help out.
• The statute requires that a retro-funded project has to go into the eight-year construction work plan
• We grit our teeth and really put a lot of effort into rebalancing our eight-year work plan to try to

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It increases the cost of the plan.
• It increases the cost of the plan.
• I mean, for us, we definitely are working on a plan to start promoting within.
• I mean, for us, we definitely are working on a plan to start promoting within.
• I mean, for us, we definitely are working on a plan to start promoting within.

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: 910, house, all