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• Many of those who survived were forced to resettle in the United States as refugees, but their service
• did not receive the same recognition. to resettle in the United States as refugees, but their service
• And your service to us, well, again, it was pride, honor, and dignity, and we're honored to have you
• No, I'm grateful for the opportunity to recognize them after not recognizing their service for so long
• Counties are preparing to absorb the impact of significant federal action on health and human services

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• May we remember that leadership is not about self, but about service to all.
• May we remember that leadership is not about self, but about service to all people, especially those
• Cities provide their residents with everything from emergency response services to public libraries and
• , programs, and services, our cities function as economic centers, social hubs, and the remarkable places
• Thank you all for your service to our great state. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And Taiwanese-affiliated companies and Arizona exports of goods and services to Taiwan support more than
• Chairman, the Committee on Health and Human Services has under consideration Senate Bill 1052 and respectfully
• Chairman, the Committee on Health and Human Services has under consideration Senate Bill 1172 and respectfully
• Chairman, I move that the amendment of the Health and Human Services Committee be adopted, and the floor
• Chairman, I move that the amendment of the Health and Human Services Committee be adopted.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and a proclamation recognizing and strengthening Arizona’s relationship with Taiwan. The proclamation highlighted Taiwan’s trade and economic ties to Arizona, bipartisan legislative support for Taiwan over many years, and support for Taiwan’s participation in international organizations. Members also welcomed Taiwanese diplomatic guests and noted plans for a bipartisan Arizona-Taiwan caucus and a future Taiwan consulate in Phoenix. The House then resolved into Committee of the Whole and considered a series of Senate bills. Among the measures advanced were SB 1004, SB 1012, SB 1040, SB 1049, SB 1168, SB 1326, SB 1021, SB 1052, SB 1172, SB 1188, SB 1212, SB 1346, SB 1452, and SB 1494, with several amended. Topics included law enforcement tracking of homeless sex offenders, spousal maintenance, election/government accountability, hyperbaric oxygen therapy in assisted living, re-credentialing timelines, controlled substance scheduling, vaccine-related concerns, Access fraud prevention, transportation fixes, and protections against patient brokering. Some members raised objections to SB 1049, SB 1021, SB 1212, and SB 1346, citing fairness, separation of powers, public health, and budget concerns, but the bills still advanced. After the Committee of the Whole report was adopted, the House moved several bills to third reading and voted on them. SB 1164, SB 1174, SB 1189, and SB 1754 passed overwhelmingly or unanimously, while SB 1413 failed 2-48 after members argued it contained a significant change to moving-violation liability and restitution that had not been clearly reflected in the bill materials. The House later reconsidered the failed vote on SB 1413 and then adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026.

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• kind of a negative there: that the agency shall not deny a fire protection district or ambulance service
• ,... ...an urban renewal agency on the front end as they developed a plan to meet with emergency services
• Well, if you've not spent the money, again, we're allowing our fire districts to get services that they
• They had to provide new services.
• They're trying to provide services, and we're trying to provide a way for them to do it.

Committee: Senate Local Government and Taxation

Keywords: 989, all

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• In addition, it provides the pharmacist care services as it applies to pharmacy rules.
• </c><00:03:10.319><c> Page</c><00:03:10.720><c> three</c> patient safety and services.
• Page three patient safety and services.
• Um, that's part of those pharmacist care services. Yes. Thank you.
• Those are typically things services.

Bills: SF0121

Committee: Senate Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, 916, all

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• Carey Grover with Tracy Community Connection Center for Homelessness Services, Mr.
• AB 373 was successful in passing both Judiciary and Human Services, and I want to thank my colleagues
• After more than two decades of service, His firefighting career began in 1986 in Escondido, California
• After more than two decades of service, he retired from the Solana Beach Fire Department, leaving behind
• They met in Tucson and shared a love for adventure, history, and community service.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.

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• LAROSA WHO IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, MR.
• AM MIKE LAROSA AS THE CHAIR HAS MENTIONED AND INTRODUCED AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
• PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR STATE ENSURING FLORIDA'S CONSUMERS RECEIVE SOME OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL SERVICES
• PUBLIC SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE.
• HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE COMMISSION APPEARED TO RELY LARGELY ON WHAT UTILITIES TOLD THEM AS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• ,</c> work of analyzing its services, work of analyzing its services, coordinating<00:10:22.000><c> with
• </c> renal transplant care or ECMO services. renal transplant care or ECMO services.
• </c> needed those transition services. needed those transition services. uh<00:35:12.640><c> the</c><
• </c> What happens is you become FIFA service What happens is you become FIFA service for<01:09:45.279
• </c><01:45:48.239><c> and</c> to set rates for our uh uh services and to set rates for our uh uh services

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ,</c> boarding, training, veterary services, boarding, training, veterary services, and<00:32:52.000>
• It encourages growth in pet products and service-based retail.
• That access depends on drug services.
• Some of these services include 24/7 ER services, our EMS services that provide critical response across
• </c><02:05:41.599><c> I'm</c> ...and Human Services for a reason.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><01:42:16.560><c> related</c> for health and human services related for health and human services
• Services Services Committee<01:43:54.880><c> and</c><01:43:55.119><c> not</c><01:43:55.520><c> and</
• </c> Health and Human Services takes care of. Health and Human Services takes care of.
• </c> closing the majority of the services closing the majority of the services they're they're they're
• based services and mental health?

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Hawaii Youth Services Network in support. Go ahead.
• </c><01:02:21.440><c> folks</c> with with our school Food Service folks with with our school Food Service
• He has been denied bus service for four years despite one or two established school bus route services
• I strongly support HB 861 designating school busing as a critical service.
• Lastly, members, HB 241 HD1, DHS and direct service slot pilot program.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.

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• </c><00:57:40.680><c> Agency</c> Farm Service Agency Farm Service Agency and<00:57:42.000><c> offers<
• It will protect services. Most importantly, it will protect services for the people who need them.
• </c> services they need. services they need.
• </c> They actually delivered the services. They actually delivered the services.
• </c> More cuts to disability services. More cuts to disability services.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Thank you for your service.
• Thank you for your<01:24:01.440><c> service.</c> your service. your service.
• . services. services.
• </c> should be used to provide the service. should be used to provide the service.
• The financial strain on counties is extraordinary. service. service.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I'd like to welcome all to the 22nd hearing of the Joint Committee on Public Service in the 194th General
• This meeting is live streamed and will be posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Public Service web
• support of Senate Bill 3165, for the opportunity to testify before the Joint Committee on Public Service
• the Holbrook Fire Department to maintain adequate and appropriate advanced life support ambulance service
• nearly three decades-long effort to completely transition our operation from a basic life support service

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: 1212, all

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• , billing administrators facilitate calculations, allocations, and transmissions. of billing services
• Conservis works with rental property owners throughout the state to provide utility billing services.
• limited to calculating utility charges, preparing invoices and statements, and providing customer service
• Conservis works with rental property owners throughout the state to provide utility billing services.
• Charges, preparing invoices and statements, and providing customer service.

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><01:11:11.760><c> their</c> grateful I am for their service their grateful I am for their service
• </c><02:50:53.359><c> and</c> need additional services and need additional services and instructional
• </c> services and protective services unit. services and protective services unit.
• ><c> with</c> services protective services unit with services protective services unit with threat<03
• </c> million towards crime victim services. million towards crime victim services.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• program has graduated more than 1,600 leaders who have gone on to serve in the highest levels of public service
• The Louisiana Department of Health, through the Office of Aging and Adult Services, shall identify and
• governing body for the state of Louisiana responsible for coordinating funding and programmatic services
• SIPAC was and temporary in-person services across state lines.
• It would help us be a part of the trend toward providing access to specialized services, especially for

Committee: Senate Health & Welfare

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 6, 2026, with five members present. After adopting the April 28 minutes, the committee heard a brief presentation on the new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, which is intended to bring together health care, business, policy, and education leaders to study Louisiana health challenges and build a network for action. Members expressed support for the program and its potential value to health policy work. The committee then advanced several bills, often with technical or substantive amendments. SB 57, a nutrition-labeling bill, was amended to push its effective date to December 31, 2028 and reported as amended. HB 62 increased the membership of the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission to 27 members and was reported as amended. HB 193 updated membership rules for the sickle cell commission foundations so long-serving executive directors would not have to reapply repeatedly, and it was reported as amended. HB 815 would allow financial institutions to receive death certificates to help families manage accounts after a death; it was reported favorably after a question about state-licensed banks. SB 405 was substantially revised to codify LDH’s new Ascend nursing-facility quality initiative, including statewide quality oversight goals, stakeholder involvement, reporting requirements, and tools such as dashboards and surveys; after reconsidering prior action and adopting the new amendment, the bill was reported as amended. The committee also approved HB 222, which provides Medicaid dental coverage when needed for another covered medical procedure, and HB 420, which requires background checks for all DCFS employees with access to sensitive information. HB 475 requires verbal consent when AI is used to record or transcribe a medical visit and was reported favorably after a technical question. HB 246 updated membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and the council on grandparents raising grandchildren, including replacing an inactive coalition seat with the state police superintendent or designee. HB 486 would enter Louisiana into the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact to expand access to mental health care, and HB 574 updated outdated board names on the Mental Health Advisory Services Board; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee reported HB 949, which creates a licensure framework for radiologist assistants to help address imaging workforce shortages, especially in rural areas, and HB 584, which requires foster children to be provided luggage instead of trash bags for their belongings and restores “rights” language in the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. The committee also reported HB 1214, restructuring certain LDH facilities into a single system under the secretary’s office; HB 1092, a technical renaming/terminology cleanup bill; and HB 203, which adds members to the uterine fibroids commission. Throughout the meeting, members and witnesses emphasized access to care, workforce shortages, child welfare, and quality improvement, and the committee repeatedly adopted amendments and reported the bills favorably or as amended before adjourning.

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• to fill a within the classified service to fill a vacancy.<00:21:22.240><c> Then</c><00:21:22.480><c
• </c> um changes to reflect veteran services. um changes to reflect veteran services.
• Uh, Luvenia Dorsy Bright has since passed away since her service in 1988.
• </c><00:29:43.840><c> Uh</c><00:29:44.159><c> but</c> away since her service in 1988.
• Uh but away since her service in 1988.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Born in Asheville, Alabama, 1935, Sam's life has been defined by service, leadership, and a deep belief
• to attend graduate school, where she hopes to further sharpen her vision and her focus on public service
• Treatment options, difficulty accessing services, and issues with insurance reimbursement.
• We thank you for your dedicated service and your partnership in upholding American democracy.
• Californians rely on and deserve a judiciary that delivers the highest quality of justice and service

Summary: The Assembly met, established a quorum after a roll call, and handled a series of procedural motions, guest introductions, and floor items. Members recognized several guests and student groups, then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items, Senate amendments, and the consent calendar, which was adopted 54-0. The chamber also adopted ACR 151 recognizing March 25 as Greek Independence Day, with 59 co-authors added, and ACR 146 designating March 2026 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, with 61 co-authors added; both resolutions were adopted by voice vote. ACR 140, proclaiming March 21 as Women in STEM Day, also passed with 56 co-authors added and was adopted by voice vote. The most substantial debate centered on AB 2156, which renames Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Workers’ Day and declares an urgency clause. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry and several members spoke in support, emphasizing recognition of farm workers’ collective contributions and, in light of recent revelations about Cesar Chavez, the need to honor the broader movement rather than one individual. Other members echoed support while discussing farmworker history, accountability, and the importance of acknowledging survivors. Assembly Member DeMaio supported the bill but criticized state policies affecting agriculture and argued for broader recognition of Latino Californians and farmworker policy reforms. The bill passed with 67 votes and was transmitted immediately to the Senate. Later, the Assembly recessed for the Joint Convention and heard the 26th State of the Judiciary address from Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero. She focused on judicial independence, threats to judges, remote proceedings, CARE Act implementation, trial court funding and judgeship shortages, AI use in courts, immigration-related courthouse concerns, State Bar reforms after the February 2025 bar exam problems, and judicial salaries. She also highlighted the judiciary’s centennial, the importance of collaboration with the Legislature and Governor Newsom, and the need to preserve equal access to justice. After the address was ordered printed in the Journal, the joint convention adjourned and the Assembly later adjourned until Thursday, March 26 at 9 a.m.

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• Born in Asheville, Alabama, in 1935, Sam's life has been defined by service, leadership, and a deep belief
• to attend graduate school, where she hopes to further sharpen her vision and her focus on public service
• Treatment options, difficulty accessing services, and issues with insurance reimbursement.
• We thank you for your dedicated service and your partnership in upholding American democracy.
• Californians rely on and deserve a judiciary that delivers the highest quality of justice and service

Keywords: 988, house, all