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• health facility grant funding accordingly.
• Potential revenue from this bill will support operations and maintenance of Pierce County Community Health
• Without this, public health departments risk losing the funding to provide vital health care like dental
• Without this, public health departments risk losing the funding to provide vital health care like dental
• The Health Care Authority, Department of Social and Health Services, and local governments have indicated

Summary: The committee took up executive action on the capital budget, Proposed Substitute Senate Bill 6003, and several policy bills. Staff described amendments to the capital budget that shifted funding among behavioral health, local/community projects, irrigation projects, and juvenile rehabilitation capacity, plus a technical fix to the water pollution control revolving program. The committee adopted Senator Dozier’s budget-neutral amendment and a technical amendment, then advanced the amended capital budget to the Rules Committee. It also moved House Bills 2441, 2124, 2471, 2133, 2610, and 2338 forward with due-pass recommendations, and advanced Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2251 on Climate Commitment Act accounts to the Transportation Committee after adopting two amendments and withdrawing three others. A major public hearing focused on Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2034, which would terminate and restate LEOFF Plan 1 in 2029, transfer surplus assets, and direct portions to the Climate Commitment Account and the pension funding stabilization account. Staff said the plan is currently about 160% funded and explained the bill’s IRS-review process, statute of limitations, and estimated implementation costs. Testimony was sharply divided: some retirees, firefighters, counties, and cities opposed the bill as an improper use of pension assets and urged benefit enhancements or protection of local medical obligations, while others supported using the surplus for broader public purposes. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 2179 on PERS coverage for certain port workers, with ports and the Washington Public Ports Association supporting clarification for railroad employees covered by the federal railroad retirement system. House Bill 1069, allowing Department of Corrections employees to bargain over supplemental retirement benefits, drew support from Teamsters and corrections workers, while House Bill 2091, expanding employee-information sharing with bargaining representatives, drew union support and privacy objections from Washington Policy Center. Finally, Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1210 on targeted urban area tax preferences drew support from labor, local governments, and project proponents, and opposition from contractor groups and environmental advocates over project labor agreement requirements and nuclear-related concerns; Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408 on community preservation and development authorities and Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974 on land bank authorities for affordable housing were also heard, with both receiving supportive testimony from community and housing advocates.

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• School-based health centers help address that.
• School-based health centers work to maintain communication with families, involve parents in health care
• School-based health centers work to maintain communication with families, involve parents in health care
• And when we remove barriers to care, we do more than improve health.
• And if we can address health concerns, whether it's medical, mental health, or even dental, early on

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• Operations take many forms, ranging from ad hoc local efforts to formal coordinated federal local operations
• , such as the Innocence Lost National Initiative and Operation Independence Day, formerly Operation Cross
• to the traumatizing nature of those operations.
• So, first of all, the operation should drastically limit the use of operations while supporting community
• And I think that's what we need to focus on: the resources, along with health care services, mental health

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety held an informational hearing in Pomona on sex work-related crimes and efforts to combat human trafficking. The chair and Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez framed the issue as a major public safety and victim-protection concern, referencing the repeal of the loitering law in SB 357 and the recent enactment of AB 379, which targets buyers of sex rather than sex workers. The hearing was organized into three panels: data and research, policing and anti-trafficking efforts, and courtroom/prosecution impacts. In the first panel, the California Department of Justice presented arrest and conviction data for the repealed loitering statute, noting overall declines from 2019 to 2022 but also explaining that the data did not distinguish clearly between people selling sex, people loitering to sell, and people purchasing sex. USC law professor Hannah Gary summarized a 2021 report finding that law enforcement stings and raids often lack transparency, disproportionately harm Black women, minors, LGBTQ+ people, and undocumented migrants, and rarely achieve the stated goals of protecting victims, prosecuting traffickers, or preventing trafficking. The ACLU of Southern California argued that criminalization of sex work is discriminatory and historically used to police women and people of color, and that laws aimed at buyers still harm sex workers and can increase immigration consequences. Committee members asked about data collection, racial disparities, and whether the new law could worsen profiling; the panelists urged public health approaches, better data, and more survivor services. The second panel featured the California DOJ human trafficking coordinator, Pomona Police Chief Mike Ellis, and survivor advocate Jess Torres of Rising Worldwide. DOJ described its regional trafficking teams, task forces, victim services, and prosecutions, emphasizing a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach. Chief Ellis said SB 357 limited police intervention and contributed to visible open-air prostitution near schools and other sensitive locations, citing complaints from residents and a reported drop in juvenile rescues in Pomona after the law changed; he supported AB 63-style enforcement with safeguards and service referrals. Torres, speaking as a survivor, argued that anti-trafficking policy must be survivor-led, that many youth in the sex trade are boys or LGBTQ youth, and that criminalization and street enforcement often worsen harm and displacement rather than solving the underlying problems. In the final panel, a Riverside County deputy district attorney said AB 63 could help law enforcement make earlier contact with potential victims and identify traffickers, while stressing the need for training, documentation, and oversight. A Los Angeles County public defender argued that prosecuting trafficked people reinforces traffickers’ control, creates lifelong barriers, and retraumatizes survivors, and pointed to diversion programs as a better model. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking began its testimony by describing its survivor services and crisis response work. The hearing ended without any vote or formal action, but with committee members and witnesses continuing to debate the balance between enforcement, data collection, and survivor-centered services.

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• of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations, in opposition.
• It really is about the health. Thank you. Thank you. The health. Thank you.
• As we expanded health care, ACA, we all enrolled.
• Health care is a human right, and we need to do better.
• Carry real consequences for health and safety.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• burden from airport operations.
• Removing the exemption raises projects' operating costs immediately.
• Our operations are roughly net profit of 0.3% in 2025.
• And in Washington we operate five distribution centers.
• Our operations are roughly net profit of 0.3% in 2025.

Summary: The committee began with a work session on aircraft fuel taxes, hearing from WSDOT Aviation about the FAA’s aviation fuel tax rules, Washington’s compliance history, and the potential consequences of noncompliance. WSDOT said the state has collected roughly $210 million in aviation fuel taxes since the federal compliance period began, and that FAA has questioned some of the state’s claimed offsets. Members asked about the federal authority behind the rules, who pays the taxes, and whether Boeing is affected. The committee then moved to public hearing on several bills tied to aviation fuel tax revenue. SB 5989 would redirect a small share of state sales and use tax on aircraft fuel to the aeronautics account and require reporting on airport project funding. Supporters, including port, airport, and pilot groups, said it was a measured step toward FAA compliance and airport investment; the bill’s staff summary said it would reduce general fund revenue and increase DOR costs. SB 5898 would redirect hazardous substance, petroleum products, and oil spill-related taxes on aircraft fuel to the aeronautics account. Supporters said it would bring Washington into compliance and help airports, while Ecology, counties, and ports warned it would significantly reduce MTCA and related environmental funding. SB 6240 would create a new noise and air quality mitigation account funded by a portion of hazardous substance tax revenue; airport and aviation groups opposed it as duplicative or noncompliant with FAA rules, while community and environmental advocates from Sea-Tac area cities supported it as a needed mitigation source. The committee also heard SB 6244, which would extend a hazardous substance tax exemption for certain pesticides used in Washington agriculture through 2038. Agricultural and logistics witnesses supported it as important for food security, storage, and competitiveness, and staff said it would have a small revenue loss and administrative cost. SB 6231, a governor-request bill, would repeal the sales tax exemption for data center refurbishments while keeping the exemption for original server equipment; OFM and local government groups supported it as a revenue-raising budget measure, while data center, labor, and business representatives opposed it, warning of lost investment, jobs, and competitiveness. SB 6228 would repeal the preferential B&O rate for prescription drug resellers; OFM supported it as an outdated preference, but pharmacies, wholesalers, and business groups argued the cost would be passed through to pharmacies, hospitals, insurers, and patients and could worsen pharmacy closures. The committee then heard SB 6220, which would narrow and clarify a property tax exemption for nonprofit low-income homeownership property by allowing temporary community use and preserving the exemption when property is transferred to another exempt nonprofit. The sponsor said the bill was intended to let a community land trust host local performances without jeopardizing affordable housing plans. Finally, the committee heard SB 5880, which would allow blood and breath toxicology results to be admissible if tested by ISO/IEC 17025-certified labs, in addition to the state toxicologist process. Seattle’s city attorney supported it as a way to reduce a long toxicology backlog and speed DUI cases, while counties raised concerns about shifting costs to local governments and creating unequal access based on local resources. No votes were taken in the transcript provided.

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• That's Health and Human Services.
• breeders, and multiplier breeder operations.
• The first time was under a game bird operation flight pin operation, which created major trade implications
• Our family operation consists of growing cotton as well as a cow calf operation.
• Um, in West Texas, you have oil operations.

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

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• The Senate Committee on Health will come to order.
• This is the Health Committee, though, and we’re here to analyze the health implications on this data
• The health form is fair.
• So Senate Health would take a quick recess. The Senate Committee on Health is back in session.
• The Senate Health Committee has adjourned. The Senate Health Committee has adjourned.

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• SIMPLY HEALTH PLAN. SUNSHINE HEALTH AND SUNSHINE HEALTH CHILD WELFARE SPECIALTY PLAN.
• SUNSHINE HEALTH AND SUNSHINE HEALTH CHILD WELFARE IS A SPECIALTY PLAN AND UNITED.
• NEXT WE HAVE SIMPLY HEALTH PLAN AND SUNSHINE HEALTH.
• MELINA SPECIALTY PLAN FOR FY CLEAR HEALTH ALLIANCE, SPECIALTY PLAN AND SUNSHINE HEALTH.
• THE SPECIALTY PLAN CLEAR HEALTH ALLIANCE AND THEN SUNSHINE HEALTH.

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• With health care, it's difficult to do any health care cuts.
• Roughly 80% of the health care budget is salaries and wages.
• Amar Mehta, Deputy Director of the Statewide Mental Health Program, to speak to the mental health components
• CIM 50-bed Mental Health Crisis Facility are for the medical, mental health, and custody programs.
• mental health crisis bedside.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I hold a graduate degree in health data science, as well as a degree in environmental health.
• And yes, we have a public health crisis.
• And yes, we have a public health crisis.
• As California faces health care demands and uncertainty surrounding federal health care funding, it is
• My name is Joe Grigrich with Sutter Health here in support of AB 20231. Sutter Health serves.

Summary: The committee heard AB 1603, which would restrict new PFAS pesticides from being registered in California and add transparency requirements for pesticide use reporting. The author and supporters argued PFAS are persistent, harmful chemicals that contaminate water, soil, and food, and said the bill would reduce future contamination and public health costs. Supporters included environmental and public health groups, water agencies, nurses, teachers, and local governments. Agricultural and chemical industry groups opposed the bill’s registration ban, arguing California already has strong pesticide review, that the measure could limit future safer formulations, and that it could raise costs and reduce farmers’ access to pest-control tools. Committee members raised questions about affordability, water contamination, and the role of state versus federal regulators; the author said the bill was needed because existing regulation is too slow and incomplete. No vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The committee then heard AB 2635, the Just Transition for Landscapers Act, which would create voucher programs and other support for landscapers transitioning from gas-powered to electric equipment, while limiting penalties and adding privacy protections. The author and supporters said many landscapers are low-wage immigrant workers who cannot afford the upfront cost of electric equipment and should not be punished for complying with local air-quality rules. Air district representatives and other opponents said the bill could be too prescriptive, could divert limited air district resources, and could create administrative and language-assistance burdens; one air district moved to neutral after amendments. Committee members discussed the health benefits of electric equipment and the need to avoid placing penalties on workers. The bill was held pending a quorum. The committee also heard AB 1732, which would extend CEQA streamlining to public university and community college housing projects. The author, UC student representatives, and the University of California said the bill would help address student housing insecurity and speed construction on already planned campus sites. There was no opposition. The committee then took up AB 1744, the Clear Labels, Clear Seas Act, which would prohibit sunscreen products marketed as reef safe or reef friendly from containing certain chemicals that harm marine ecosystems. The author said the bill is a transparency measure, not a ban, and the committee expressed support; no opposition appeared. Additional bills discussed included AB 2152, which would streamline CEQA review for fire station projects and was supported by firefighters and local governments but opposed by contractors over a project labor agreement requirement; AB 2231, which would streamline two hospital projects in Santa Clara and Emeryville and drew broad support with no opposition; AB 2410, which would create temporary CEQA and Coastal Act exemptions for wildfire fuel-reduction projects and drew support from counties, cities, utilities, and fire officials but opposition from Sierra Club California over the breadth of the exemptions; and AB 2234, which would update geothermal exploratory project rules to reflect newer technologies, supported by clean power advocates and opposed or opposed-unless-amended by utility groups concerned about impacts on existing geothermal operations. Several of these measures were discussed with amendments, but votes were deferred where a quorum was not yet present.

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• </c> insurance care, affordable health care. insurance care, affordable health care.
• </c> system does not operate in a vacuum. system does not operate in a vacuum.
• Another one-sizefits-all operate.
• </c> great health care, amazing. great health care, amazing.

Bills: HF3889 , HF2567 , HF3878

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

Keywords: workforce development, grant program, employment, economic development, funding, employment contract, labor policy, employee rights, unconscionable provisions, public policy, legal enforcement, airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, 1183, house

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• Health services at all the institutions still need to operate 24/7 facilities.
• mental kitchen operations, recreations, mental health,<00:40:36.640><c> and</c><00:40:36.960><c> programming
• spent on health care.
• health one health plan we minister one health plan.<02:00:09.920><c> CCSNH</c><02:00:10.800><c> has<
• </c> operational challenges ahead. operational challenges ahead.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:04:29.360><c> u</c> a juvenile is within a mental health u a juvenile is within a mental health
• ,</c> juvenile detention center in operation, juvenile detention center in operation, feared<00:04:59.440
• We behavioral and mental health needs.
• </c><00:21:22.720><c> facility</c> specifically the mental health facility specifically the mental health
• They're in state mental health don't.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

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• Lattipo at the Department of Health.
• Lattipo at the Department of Health.
• I want to shift gears to the health care budget and health care appropriations.
• The health department has no authority to cancel someone's health insurance.
• The chair of the health, the approach's health staff has been amazing and listening.

Bills: S7010

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: Roth contributions, deferred compensation, retirement savings, Florida Statutes, tax benefits

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to take up SB 7010 by Senator Mayfield, which would authorize Roth post-tax contribution options in state and local deferred compensation plans. The bill was briefly explained, received one appearance in support, had no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget on the governor’s recommended $117.4 billion “Floridians’ First Budget.” The presentation highlighted major spending areas including education, health care, public safety, transportation, environmental restoration, and economic development. Key proposals included increased FEFP funding for K-12 schools, teacher salary funding, higher education support, Everglades and water quality funding, emergency preparedness reserves, corrections staffing and pay increases, law enforcement recruitment bonuses, cybersecurity, and affordable housing and infrastructure investments. Members asked extensive questions about property tax reserve planning, litigation funding, emergency response fund balances and expenditures, the use of federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention facilities, the animal abuse hotline, Hope Florida, corrections staffing, and the proposed reduction in ADAP eligibility for HIV/AIDS medication assistance. A member of the public also testified at length about concerns that the ADAP changes would harm access to life-saving medications and alleged improper shifting of program funds. Committee members and the presenter acknowledged follow-up questions on several items, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the favorable report on SB 7010 and adjournment.

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• No, because I think health history, how long ago could that health history be, right?
• I know that the amendment says health conditions, including mental health.
• I mean, health conditions contain mental health conditions, and it should be that way.
• the history of the health.
• Health Bill 10 aligns with our mission to promote patient and public health.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 285, which would add language to the parental rights and responsibilities statute directing judges to consider known mental health or medical conditions that could affect parenting. Representative Ball, the bill’s sponsor, said the intent was not to require disclosure of private records, but to give judges a reminder to ask whether anything in a parent’s condition could interfere with parenting and to help ensure children’s safety and best interests, especially in high-conflict or pro se family court cases. He said the proposal was meant as a guardrail and not as a way to reduce parenting time or take children from parents. Committee members questioned whether the existing best-interest factors already cover parenting ability, whether the new language could invite stigma or weaponization in custody disputes, and whether judges already have authority to ask these questions. Ball responded that judges often do not ask, that family court can be difficult for unrepresented parties, and that the language would simply make the issue explicit. He also said he would be open to amendments, including language that more directly instructs judges to ask the question. One member raised concerns about whether the bill should say judges “shall” ask rather than “may,” and Ball said he was willing to work with the committee on wording. Sarah Horn, a NAMI New Hampshire board member and parent, testified in opposition. She described her own history with OCD, ADD, PTSD, hospitalization, and recovery, and said mental illness had not harmed her ability to parent; she warned the bill could increase stigma and discourage people from seeking treatment. In response, Ball said her testimony was part of why he had considered an amendment to include physical health as well, so the bill would not single out mental health. The hearing ended without a vote in the transcript provided.

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• being operated as a very successful program from the Health Care Authority.
• This is three million dollars for health councils to the Department of Health.
• health.
• The health professionals on page 21, the health...
• health was there.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• Operations. Section 5 is new.
• Reimbursement for services provided by Indian Health Services and facilities owned and operated by a
• As a highly specialized health care system, direct care and treatment cannot operate programs without
• Also, throughout the section, it refers to mental health conditions, but in the Adult Mental Health Act
• to behavioral health practitioner.

Bills: HF2434

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding

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• Our exceptional item is establishing a rural nursing and health, health professions programs will address
• The WTAMU Behavioral Health Workforce initiative would impact the mental health crisis that we have in
• Reddy, interim chief operating officer and vice president of Texas A&M University Health Science Center
• NM Health.
• The lab does play a vital role in protecting animal health, public health, and really food safety and

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

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• Uh, most dramatically around guns and, um, Operation Metro Surge.
• </c> Operation Metro Surge. Operation Metro Surge.
• </c><00:09:09.920><c> Metro</c><00:09:10.240><c> Surge,</c> through Operation Metro Surge, through Operation
• Republicans have Operation Metro Surge.
• </c><00:19:16.440><c> metro</c> who are impacted by operation metro who are impacted by operation metro

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Despite rising health care costs as an added benefit, we are keeping the employee contributions for health
• The operating expenses at New College per student are $83,000.
• Senator Trumbull, Department of Health, my favorite subject.
• Senate Bill 2518, a bill to be entitled an act relating to health.
• Health. Debate on the bill. Senator Trumbull, having waived close.

Summary: The Senate began with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into floor consideration of the 2026-2027 budget. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented Senate Bill 2500, describing a $115 billion budget that reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, and includes a 3% pay raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major spending in their areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental and agricultural programs. Highlights included increased funding for school scholarships and safety, workforce and university programs, Medicaid and child welfare, corrections operations, affordable housing, rural communities, Everglades and water quality projects, and infrastructure. Members then asked detailed questions about several budget items. Senators sought clarification on the Emergency Management Trust Fund, arts and cultural grants, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salaries, charter school capital outlay funding, EASE grants, New College funding, DOC inmate counts and reimbursement, lottery staffing, concealed weapons licensing positions, election security funding, iBudget waiver support, ADAP funding, Medicaid hospital rate reductions, and scholarship and enrollment supplements in K-12 education. Chairs explained that some reductions reflected technical shifts or right-sizing, that some funds were being moved below the line for better tracking, and that several items—such as ADAP and corrections operations—would likely remain conference issues with the House. After questions, the Senate substituted House bills for the budget and implementing measures and adopted amendments placing the Senate language onto the House vehicles to prepare for conference. The chamber passed the budget-related bills and several conforming measures, including bills on retirement, fuel taxes, the state agency law enforcement radio system, court trust funds, judgeships, and K-12 and higher education conforming changes. Votes on the major bills were overwhelmingly unanimous or near-unanimous, and the Senate repeatedly voted to accede to the House’s request for conference on the substituted bills.