Transcript Highlights:

• I'm guessing this is because MoHealthNet already covers all of these air ambulance services.
• Would there be any risk of MoHealthNet cutting that service, and then would we have to go back and rework
• And oftentimes people think that by buying these memberships, they're going to have their services be
• Air Methods is the largest community-based provider of emergency air medical services, with nearly 300
• So, to your question, that would be a huge gap in service if they weren't going to be doing that.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm guessing this is because MoHealthNet already covers all of these air ambulance services.
• Would there be any risk of MoHealthNet cutting that service, and then would we have to go back and rework
• And oftentimes people think that by buying these memberships, they're going to have their services be
• Air Methods is the largest community-based provider of emergency air medical services, with nearly 300
• So, to your question, that would be a huge gap in service if they weren't going to be doing that.

Committee: House Insurance and Banking

Summary: The House Committee on Insurance met with 12 members present and opened with remarks honoring longtime committee clerk Sherry Anderson, who recently passed away. The committee then took up House Bill 2874, sponsored by Representative Phelps, a consumer protection measure concerning air ambulance membership programs. Representative Phelps explained that the bill would prohibit air ambulance companies from selling memberships to MoHealthNet enrollees, require clear disclosures that the memberships are not insurance and are unnecessary for Medicaid recipients, and allow current members who enroll in MoHealthNet to cancel within 30 days for a prorated refund or transfer to a household member. Committee members asked about the 30-day window, the bill’s unchanged language from last session, and whether future changes to MoHealthNet coverage could require revisiting the bill. Phelps and the chair emphasized that the measure is intended to prevent consumers from buying a product they do not need and to clarify that membership does not guarantee service in all circumstances. Doug Flanders of Air Methods testified in support, saying the bill uses negotiated language from last session and would protect MoHealthNet enrollees from unnecessary purchases. He noted Air Methods’ Missouri operations and said Medicaid patients are already fully covered for emergency air medical transport with no out-of-pocket cost. No one testified in opposition or for informational purposes, and the chair closed the public hearing on HB 2874 with no further business before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• HOME SERVICE WARRANTY ASSOCIATION FINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
• TALKING ABOUT A BILL THAT AMENDS CHAPTER 644 IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES WITH WHICH REGULATES AUTO HOME SERVICE
• I HAVE TIM, FLORIDA SERVICE ASSOCIATION WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
• SPB 7010 THIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES BILL.
• REPEAL THE PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Second, they have to pay debt service. Third, they have to meet bond conditions.
• Cities are continuing to invest in system economy. as debt service coverage.
• Second, they have to pay debt service. Third, they have to meet bond conditions.
• be representative of services provided, and it requires that it be updated every year.
• The general fund wants to be able to similarly provide us the best legal services and the best IT services

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now you've heard the human services.
• </c> the provision of mental health services. the provision of mental health services.
• </c><00:18:47.600><c> to</c><00:18:47.800><c> Vermont</c> providing services to Vermont providing services
• Division</c><00:21:30.880><c> of</c> Service the Family Services Division of Service the Family Services
• </c> enforcement officers, family service enforcement officers, family service division<00:33:19.440>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I want to thank him for his service.
• So, I not getting the services.
• But it's get the services they need.
• </c> of Juvenile Services. of Juvenile Services.
• </c> availability of expedited services. availability of expedited services.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 960, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• VRS services, as I mentioned, vocational rehab services and IPS services.
• > services.
• </c><00:07:55.520><c> A</c><00:07:55.680><c> lot</c> rehab services and IPS services.
• A lot rehab services and IPS services.
• </c> get housing services and so much more. get housing services and so much more.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> H.270, an act relating to confidentiality in peer support sessions for emergency service providers
• And this is particularly pertinent to mental health services.
• </c><00:17:24.319><c> As</c><00:17:24.480><c> we</c> uh mental health services.
• As we uh mental health services.
• </c> children and families and services children and families and services division<01:31:30.880><c>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And additionally for grid services as well.
• Clearly, you can buy grid services as well.
• Clearly, you can buy grid services as well.
• We do have an ancillary service that’s being dispatchable, dispatchable reliability reserve service,
• We have ancillary services for ERS and fast frequency, and now dispatchable reliability reserve service

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <c> requirements,</c> programming and service requirements, programming and service requirements, the
• </c> for services uh things that they need. for services uh things that they need.
• </c> type of services now? type of services now? &gt;&gt; Certainly<00:30:27.039><c> try.
• This includes cancers such fire service.
• However, there's also the warrant service model as well.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the October 21 minutes, and then heard a KO presentation focused on county jail funding pressures. KO leaders and county judges said jail costs have become a statewide crisis, noting that county general fund contributions to jail budgets have risen sharply since 2019. They said the organization’s sole legislative priority this session is to “reshape the shared responsibility” for county jails through three main proposals: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and changing the model for housing state inmates. On regional jails, KO proposed one-time state construction help for new or expanded regional facilities, allowing former county jails to become 96-hour holdover facilities, changing regional jail authority boards so each participating county jailer can serve, increasing the closed-jail supplement, and offering a one-time payment to counties that close a jail and join a regional plan. On pre-trial felony detainees, Judge Mosley argued counties bear the full cost for people held before trial, sometimes for years, and said counties should be reimbursed for time served credit when those inmates are later sentenced. On state inmates, KO said the current per diem of $35.34 is below the average daily county jail cost of $63.44, and proposed a new contract model requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs while counties provide agreed programming such as substance use treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academic programming. Members asked about the fiscal impact of the package, the feasibility of regional jail population thresholds, and whether the proposal could affect counties’ ability to house federal inmates. KO said regionalization should remain a local decision, that a bill draft and fiscal note were being developed, and that only certain jails are eligible to house federal inmates under existing agreements. Representative Maddox also asked about social media comments by Judge Mosley regarding homeschooling; Mosley said the remarks were unrelated to KO and apologized for any offense. Senator Mills asked what counties would do with savings from jail costs, and judges said the money would likely go to local services such as roads, ambulance service, senior programs, parks, economic development, infrastructure, broadband, and water projects.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:12:48.959><c> to</c> office and the National Park Service to office and the National Park Service
• </c> being placed in service. being placed in service.
• </c> and place that into service and place that into service successfully. successfully. successfully
• </c><00:53:35.920><c> union</c> 26, a property service union 26, a property service union representing
• </c> customer service and local reliability. customer service and local reliability.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, they do not qualify for those services. Developmental Services Quality Council.
• services.
• > or</c> need those services that that service or need those services that that service or that<00:20
• </c> access the services that they need. access the services that they need.
• </c> medical services. Is that correct? medical services. Is that correct?

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> that boiler one's no longer in service that boiler one's no longer in service um<00:06:45.919><c
• </c><00:18:38.600><c> and</c> worked with environmental services and worked with environmental services
• service service or<00:54:34.960><c> operating</c><00:54:35.960><c> to</c><00:54:36.160><c> some</c><00
• </c> military Affairs and veteran services military Affairs and veteran services and<01:15:01.320><c>
• We offer medical services and nursing services only to veterans. We have licensed for 250 beds.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a Department of Corrections capital budget presentation on HB 25, focused largely on urgent maintenance and security needs at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men and other DOC facilities. DOC officials described the governor’s proposed priorities: boiler surge and radiator tank replacements, electronic controls and camera upgrades, and replacement of HVAC units using R22 refrigerant. They also outlined additional requested projects totaling $15.4 million, including a body alarm/man-down system at Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility, steam line and trap repairs, fire alarm replacements, and removal of an underground diesel tank in favor of above-ground storage. DOC testified that many systems are well beyond their expected service life, including 40-year-old boilers, outdated analog cameras, and HVAC equipment using discontinued R22 refrigerant. They said the men’s prison is relying on a leased temporary boiler, has significant steam leaks causing major water loss and reduced boiler efficiency, and is dealing with frequent fire alarm faults and deteriorating wiring. On the body alarm system, they said the vendor no longer supports the equipment and replacement parts are no longer available. On the diesel tank, members questioned whether it could be abandoned in place or whether fuel could be reused; DOC said it had not explored all alternatives and would follow up, while noting the tank is underground and tied into the warehouse system. Members also asked whether some current investments could be reused in the planned new men’s prison. DOC said some items, such as air handlers, might potentially be moved, but most projects are needed to keep the current facility operational and would not be practical to transfer. Questions were also raised about the leased boiler arrangement, the use of the man-down system by staff and visitors, and whether the kitchen project could be converted to a modular unit. DOC said the modular kitchen approach is necessary because the existing kitchen cannot remain fully operational during repairs. The committee then moved to lapse extensions, and DOC identified several projects no longer needing extensions, including items numbered 64, 65, and 66 in HB 25, with the chair noting those balances would be deleted and that the lapse amount was $550,500.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a great service.
• So in order for people to use our services and to feel comfortable in using all these important services
• </c><00:38:47.079><c> providers</c> largest employers and service providers largest employers and service
• </c><00:45:24.520><c> talent</c> operations fiscal Services talent operations fiscal Services talent
• </c><00:55:12.440><c> and</c> addressing duplication of services and addressing duplication of services

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Education held an informational/budget briefing with presentations from the State Library System, the School Facilities Authority, and the Department of Education. The chair opened the meeting by outlining the order of presentations and noting that members would hold questions until after all three agencies had testified. The discussion focused on each agency’s priorities for the upcoming biennium and their budget requests. State Librarian Stacy Aldridge described library usage and services, emphasizing strong demand for physical and digital materials, internet and Wi-Fi access, programs, Kanopy streaming, and PressReader. She highlighted digital literacy classes, RFID self-check and smart shelving improvements, and the role of libraries as community hubs. The library’s budget request included an additional $1.2 million for security guards, $48.484 million for FY 26-27 to support popup libraries during temporary closures and other needs, $500,000 for repair and maintenance, $2 million for Kap planning and design, and $25 million each year for lump-sum capital funding. Mallerie Fujitani said the lump-sum funding is needed to keep roughly 50 projects moving and to avoid delays in construction. School Facilities Authority Executive Director Ricky Fujitani explained the agency’s startup history and its programs for preschools, Central Maui schools, and workforce housing. He said the authority is using standardized, prefabricated, programmatic approaches to speed delivery and improve maintainability, citing prior preschool renovations as a successful model. He reported that of $389 million appropriated, $106 million was released, with $81 million for preschools, $20 million for Central Maui schools, and $5 million for workforce housing; he also noted the workforce housing program was reduced after Maui fire-related reallocations. He said the pilot workforce housing site at Mililani High School has been awarded and pointed to University of Hawaiʻi student housing projects as a model. Superintendent Hayashi then began the Department of Education presentation, introducing DOE leadership and outlining the department’s mission to support academic achievement, character development, and student well-being. He noted the department serves more than 152,000 students in 258 public schools and employs over 42,000 people, with nearly 54% of students facing significant challenges. He framed the budget request around the department’s strategic plan to prepare graduates for college, careers, or military service. The transcript ends during the DOE presentation, before any committee votes or formal actions are taken.

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• However, it is not always easy to attain permanent excusal from jury service.
• , allowing those over 80 to permanently opt out of jury service.
• Others in support: Thank you for your service.
• My name is Dorothy Alther, and I am with California Indian Legal Services.
• Heather Hossler with California Indian Legal Services, in strong support. All right.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Across California, we're seeing an increase in intentional disruptions of worship services.
• In Carlsbad, agitators entered the Mission Church and disrupted the service from inside the sanctuary
• That's 10% of the nation's attacks on faith and worship services.
• But there is a line between expressing disagreement and intentionally disrupting a worship service.
• We just want to make sure that the evidence can support the Department of Social Services as well.

Summary: The committee met first as a subcommittee because a quorum was not initially present, and it heard several bill presentations. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require courts to issue protective orders for sexually explicit material involving adult victims in criminal cases, limiting copying and dissemination while preserving discovery and trial rights. Supporters, including Aaron and Denise Heskins-Quinn and the California District Attorneys Association, said the bill would prevent retraumatization and close a privacy gap; opponents, including public defenders and criminal defense groups, argued it was overbroad, vague, and could interfere with defense preparation. The committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill’s scope and sent it to Appropriations on a due pass as amended vote, with the bill held on call. SB 937 by Senator Gonzalez would restrict law enforcement use of flashbang devices for crowd control and ban their use in immigration enforcement. Supporters described injuries and fear caused by flashbangs and explosive breaching charges, including incidents involving protests and a home entry in Huntington Park; opponents from sheriffs’ and police groups argued the bill’s definitions were vague, could limit tactical discretion, and might conflict with existing law and task force operations. Members expressed both support and concern about definitions and exigent circumstances, and the bill was moved due pass to Appropriations on a vote, with the final roll held on call. SB 1070 by Senator Grove would make intentional disruptions of worship services a wobbler offense, allowing felony charges in more serious cases. Faith leaders and supporters said the bill was needed to deter coordinated disruptions and protect religious exercise, while opponents including the Friends Committee on Legislation, ACLU California Action, and public defenders argued it would criminalize speech, rely on a content-based statute, and impose disproportionate felony penalties. Several committee members raised constitutional and restorative-justice concerns, and the bill failed on the roll call, though reconsideration was granted. SB 1130 by Senator Reyes would update privacy law for wearable recording devices such as smart glasses, limiting surreptitious recording in places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy and restricting technologies that disable recording indicators. Supporters said the bill responds to emerging surveillance risks; opponents from TechNet and industry groups warned it could create liability for manufacturers and businesses beyond the actual wrongdoers. The committee accepted amendments reducing penalties, removing manufacturer provisions from the bill’s core criminal section, and creating civil penalties in the Business and Professions Code; the bill was moved due pass as amended to Rules, with the vote held on call. The committee also heard SCA 2 by Senator Troy, which would bar governors from pardoning themselves or immediate family members; there was no public opposition, but some members questioned the need for a constitutional amendment given the lack of evidence of abuse, and discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• As was referenced earlier, in September of 2024, the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services,
• These are not optional services for our community.
• In my lab, we routinely use these services.
• Jessica Roundtree, representing Community Autism Services, in strong support.
• He said, 'Everyone knows that emergency services and trauma care centers are slipping away.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Medicaid school-based services program, Medicaid school-based services program, and<00:08:25.840><c>
• ,</c> loyalty, their hands to larger service, loyalty, their hands to larger service, and<00:14:03.600
• In asking for party or service provider.
• 42:17.359><c> service</c><00:42:17.760><c> provider</c><00:42:18.480><c> from</c> pro prohibit the service
• </c><00:42:26.160><c> On</c> On termination of the service provider contract, the service provider may

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Special Committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
• The amendment also... ...of Arizona that is able to provide equivalent services to the defendant.
• For urgent health care services, a health care services plan or its utilization review agent must notify
• For non-urgent health care services, the health care services plan or review agent must notify the provider
• For non-urgent health care services, the health care services plan or review agent must notify the provider

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2307, as amended by a strike-everything amendment, which would require the Department of Health Services to contract with an out-of-state facility when a person found dangerous and incompetent under a court commitment order cannot be placed in an Arizona secure mental health facility. Supporters, including the sponsor and Senator Angus, said the measure was a temporary stopgap to prevent dangerous individuals from being released because Arizona lacks secure behavioral health beds. Opponents raised due process, disability rights, family access, cost, and interstate-legal concerns, and DHS said it had no fiscal estimate and little experience with such contracts. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 6-5. The committee then took up House Bill 2083, which updates diabetes-related insurance coverage to include items such as continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, smart insulin pens, and certain injectable medications. Supporters said the bill reflects modern diabetes care and can prevent serious complications, while an insurer representative warned that putting the coverage in statute could create state-mandated costs and raised concern that the language might be read to include GLP-1 drugs. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 11-1. House Bill 2673, dealing with mental illness screening and treatment for incarcerated people, would require sheriffs to ensure prisoners showing symptoms of mental disorder are examined within 24 hours and, if appropriate, referred for evaluation and treatment. Representative Hernandez said she intended to revise it into a study committee-style measure after stakeholder feedback, and a family member testified about her son’s death after untreated psychosis in jail. Opposition focused on competency and civil-commitment concerns, costs, and the burden on jails, but the committee passed the bill 12-0. House Bill 2923, which revises timelines and notice procedures for judicial review of court-ordered mental health treatment, also passed 12-0 after supporters said it would clarify outdated language and improve communication with families and guardians; opponents argued it shifted burdens onto patients and could prolong confinement. The committee next passed House Bill 2251, as amended, which expands licensed midwives’ authority to dispense certain medications and devices, adds reporting and oversight requirements, and creates an advisory committee. The sponsor said the amendment narrowed the medication list, clarified transfer-of-care triggers, strengthened oversight, and added sentinel-event reporting after stakeholder discussions with medical groups. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2914 on electronic monitoring in resident rooms at nursing care and assisted living facilities, with the sponsor’s statement emphasizing the bill as a protection against abuse or neglect and noting similar laws in other states; the transcript cuts off before testimony or a final vote on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• for TODs and consistent with comprehensive plans, which means we are assured that there will be services
• Senate Bill 1614 adds services or repairs to a stormwater management system to the list of authorized
• Senate Bill 706 preempts the naming of major commercial service airports to the state.
• Major commercial service airports is defined in the bill as an airport. [00:57:05] Major commercial service
• Major commercial service airports is defined in the bill as an airport. to the state.

Committee: Senate Community Affairs

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The committee first postponed SB 1122, then took up SB 1342 on transportation infrastructure and land development regulations. Senator Rouson explained the bill as a housing-affordability measure modeled on the Live Local Act, aimed at reducing local land-use barriers near transit corridors. The committee adopted an amendment removing the compelling governmental interest standard from enforcement and litigation provisions, then approved the bill. Testimony included support from a county commissioner and concerns from the Florida League of Cities and a Republican executive committee about overriding local zoning and creating rigid standards near transit stops. Members then heard SB 1614, which would let local governments use excess Florida Building Code enforcement funds for stormwater repairs and restrict eligibility for certain state appropriations if a government has been audited or fails to affirm it has no excess funds. An amendment removed the stormwater and code-enforcement building provisions and tightened the appropriations restrictions; the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1548, the next iteration of the Live Local Act, expanding qualifying projects on public land and near airports, limiting setback-based height restrictions, clarifying agricultural-use issues, and strengthening fair-housing protections. SB 968 on home backup power systems was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting he was still working on amendments regarding permits for generators, windows, and doors. The committee next approved SB 698, allowing building permits for single-family homes to be issued after septic permit application rather than waiting for septic approval, with builders and industry representatives citing long delays and lost contracts. SB 1320, requiring county tax-referendum ballot questions to include a Department of Financial Services spending analysis if available, also passed after debate over whether it duplicated existing audit transparency requirements. SB 484 on large-scale data centers was reported favorably after an amendment added a knowledge requirement to the prohibition on service to certain foreign-country-linked customers; testimony focused on electricity costs, water use, NDAs, and ratepayer protections. SB 1118, creating a one-year public-records exemption for data-center site plans and proprietary information, was also approved despite concerns about secrecy and local officials appearing to conceal development plans. Finally, the committee took up SB 706, which preempts naming of major commercial service airports to the state and would rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to federal and trademark approval; it was reported favorably after questions from members about local input. The last major item was SB 1134 on official actions of local government related to DEI, which drew extensive questioning and public testimony. The sponsor said the bill would bar counties and municipalities from funding, promoting, or staffing DEI offices or programs, with violations treated as misfeasance or malfeasance and enforceable by resident lawsuits; supporters framed it as a merit-based, anti-bureaucracy measure, while opponents argued it was vague, overbroad, and would chill civil-rights, health, education, and cultural programming. The transcript ends during public testimony on SB 1134, before any final action on that bill is shown.