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• I’ve usually heard this term talked mainly about in circles regarding abortion rights and abortion.
• 1994 from a group called the Black Women’s Caucus of Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance, which supports abortion
• And so that has kind of been like a framework of the abortion movement to use the term reproductive justice

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• </c> and got it through to ban and got it through to ban over-the-counter<03:24:49.200><c> rape</c><03
• Five, six, seven, eight pro-abortion rights bills in a row.
• but two, three pro-abortion rights bills in<03:25:28.080><c> a</c><03:25:28.239><c> row.
• It would abortion rights bills in a row.
• Not a right-to-work bill, not an abortion bill, not a gun bill.

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

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• Clinical-based abortions.
• Speaker and Chairman, $3 million more for abortions.
• Thousand clinically-assisted abortions in the state of New Mexico last year. Yes. Yes.
• Six abortion clinics and trying to build more in a state with 21,000 abortions, and it is a decline from
• Four percent, up to four percent of their work may involve abortions.

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• We know folks, you know, have increased, you know, abortion of calves in wolf territory.
• We know folks, you know, have increased abortion of calves in wolf territory.
• Some cities have passed bans for landscapers not to use gas equipment, and as a result there have been

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• I have a bill to overturn Arizona's ban on telemedicine for abortion, which is health care.
• Veterinary abortion? Different bill. Different bill. Madam Chair, I have questions. Yes, go ahead.

Summary: The committee first approved the January 28, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1241 for a later hearing because a witness was unavailable. It then took up Senate Bill 1144, which would create an alternative pathway for veterinary technician certification through supervised on-the-job training and board-approved skills standards. Supporters, including the Arizona Humane Society, a high school student in a veterinary program, and other advocates, said the bill would help address workforce shortages, reduce student debt, and improve access to care, especially in rural and low-income areas. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association and several veterinarians, argued the bill could weaken training standards, increase liability, and create safety risks; the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association ultimately moved to neutral after amendments added supervision and affidavit requirements. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1144 as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1247 unanimously. That bill would allow a person who does not receive care services to live with a resident in an assisted living center, and would bar the Department of Health Services from imposing requirements on that person that the resident would not face. Supporters said the bill was needed to fix a recent agency interpretation that could force spouses or other companions to separate or pay for services they do not use, and noted a possible floor amendment to extend the same treatment to assisted living homes. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1286, which would extend from 14 days to 60 days the period for veterinary prescriptions and renewals issued through telemedicine. Supporters said the change would improve access in underserved and rural areas and reflect how telemedicine is already used in human medicine, while opponents warned that longer telemedicine prescriptions could delay necessary exams and diagnostics, increase the risk of misdiagnosis, and create animal welfare and liability concerns. After testimony, the sponsor asked that the bill be held for a possible amendment next week, so no vote was taken. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1164, which would allow Medicaid claims to continue under a prior owner’s billing number during a skilled nursing or assisted living facility change of ownership until new enrollment is complete; supporters said this would prevent long reimbursement delays, while Access raised concerns about federal-law conflicts and said it needed advance notice to process ownership changes. The bill passed 6-0 with one member not voting. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 1181, which expands CPA licensure pathways by allowing combinations of degree and work experience and updates reciprocity and rulemaking provisions, and Senate Bill 1415, which creates a licensing path for salaried insurance adjusters with out-of-state credentials, subject to an amendment clarifying exam and employment requirements. Both bills were supported as workforce and mobility measures, and both were reported out of committee on unanimous or near-unanimous votes.

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• Rodriguez Ramos relating to the medical accuracy and informational materials given to a woman seeking an abortion
• Rodriguez Ramos relating to the regulation of an abortion-related matters and to the repeal of certain
• laws prohibiting abortion for the Committee on State Affairs.

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• clearly I'm a Latina, where, you know, Latinos tend to feel very strongly, like, let's hear about abortion
• had, you know, families, you know, in high school and stuff where, you know, girls wanted to have abortions
• always think, like, okay, so are we going to push then now young ladies to stay quiet and go get an abortion
• , we're not going to give that child or a young lady a choice because it's either going to be an abortion
• As far as any worry about increased abortion, there have been studies...

Summary: The committee first took up SB 490 by Senator Umberg, which would require the Department of Health Care Services to investigate allegations of unlicensed sober living or residential recovery facilities within set timelines, issue notices promptly, and conduct follow-up site visits. Supporters, including a Garden Grove councilmember and the League of California Cities, said the bill would improve public safety, clarify enforcement, and address complaints about illegal operations in neighborhoods. County behavioral health representatives opposed the bill, arguing counties lack jurisdiction over these private facilities, could face liability and unfunded workload increases, and should not be pulled into enforcement responsibilities that belong to the state. After extensive discussion about whether the bill creates a county role or merely a pathway for local assistance, the committee passed SB 490 on an 8-0 vote and placed it on call for missing members. The committee then heard SB 381 by Senator Wahab, which would allow adult adoptees, and in some cases descendants of adoptees, to obtain their original birth certificates, create a contact preference form for birth parents, and remove current limits that omit certain birth information from amended certificates. The bill drew strong support from adoptees, birth parents, and advocates who said access to original records is a matter of identity, dignity, and health because it can reveal family medical history and cultural background. Several committee members expressed support for the goal but raised concerns about privacy, the potential emotional impact on birth parents, and whether the contact preference form adequately protects confidentiality. The author and supporters said the bill is narrowly tailored, that the form is nonbinding, and that many birth parents are open to contact; they also noted the bill had been amended to delay implementation and allow public notice. The transcript ends amid continued debate, with members indicating the bill would continue moving forward with further work, but no final vote is shown in the excerpt.

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• clearly I'm a Latina, where, you know, Latinos tend to feel very strongly, like, let's hear about abortion
• had, you know, families, you know, in high school and stuff where, you know, girls wanted to have abortions
• always think, like, okay, so are we going to push then now young ladies to stay quiet and go get an abortion
• , we're not going to give that child or a young lady a choice because it's either going to be an abortion
• As far as any worry about increased abortion, there have been studies—” “I’m going to have you just respond

Committee: Senate Health

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• So on that regulate abortion that way.
• This bill is not about banning vaccines.
• This bill is not about banning NH.
• Does the code ban mandates?
• Does it have &gt;&gt; Does the code ban mandates?

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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• On page two of the bill, line three, one of the things that is banned is storing any chemical substance
• One of the things that is banned is storing any chemical substance.
• One of the other ones is whether or not a child can get a judicial bypass or have an abortion, which
• ,</c><02:14:53.920><c> which</c><02:14:54.079><c> is</c><02:14:54.320><c> also</c> or have an abortion
• , which is also or have an abortion, which is also something<02:14:54.960><c> that</c><02:14:55.280><

Committee: Senate Children and Family Law

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• We banned the construction of new cesspools statewide in 2016.
• they don't want somebody standing outside of their facilities with one sign that they're against abortion
• 04:27.720><c> that</c><01:04:27.880><c> they're</c><01:04:28.040><c> against</c><01:04:28.400><c> abortion
• </c><01:04:29.480><c> So</c> sign that they're against abortion.
• So sign that they're against abortion.

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• not fund immunizations, just as the Hyde Amendment protects federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions
• not fund immunizations, just as the Hyde Amendment protects federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions
• not fund immunizations, just as the Hyde Amendment protects federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions
• not fund immunizations, just as the Hyde Amendment protects federal taxpayer dollars from funding abortions
• Vaccine ingredients include heavy metals, animal viruses, aborted fetal cell lines, Polysorbate 80, that

Summary: The House Committee on Education met on April 1 at 2:04 p.m. and first heard HCR 129/HR 125/HD1, which asks state and county transportation and education agencies to work together on pedestrian safety and traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School. The Department of Education said it stood on its written testimony, and no other testimony was offered on that measure. The committee then took up HCR 173/HR 169/HD1, urging the Department of Health to begin education outreach and vaccination drive efforts at schools with vaccination rates under 30 percent, starting in the 2025-26 school year. The Department of Education and Department of Health both supported the resolution and stood on their written testimony. Support also came from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Nurses Association, the Democratic Party of Hawaii Health Committee, and Free Citizens of Malua. A number of testifiers opposed the measure, arguing that vaccination efforts do not belong in schools, that the proposal would pressure families and undermine parental rights and religious freedom, and that it could create liability and misuse public funds. Several opponents also raised concerns about informed consent, government overreach, and vaccine safety. One supporter, Kye Swan, said vaccines are the way to fight infectious disease and asked the committee to pass the resolution so children could be vaccinated before the school year starts. No vote or final committee action on the resolutions was announced in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• And quite honestly, this will also keep people from aborting babies.
• And quite honestly, this will also keep people from aborting babies.
• And quite honestly, this will also keep people from aborting babies.
• </c> uh keep uh people from aborting babies. uh keep uh people from aborting babies.
• </c> and so they'll just decide to abort and so they'll just decide to abort them.<00:55:15.920><c> This

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• And the idea is to choose childbirth over abortion.
• You know, we're very familiar with good people standing outside of abortion clinics, praying or...
• You know, we're very familiar with good people standing outside of abortion clinics, praying or Thank
• with women before they go in for an abortion.
• They've had quite a good number of successes so far, and I believe, sadly, in this day of most abortions

Bills: SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503

Summary: The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda. The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14. The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.

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• Senate bill 122 by Hall relaying to required labeling of certain products containing or derived from aborted
• Relaying to exceptions to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion to state affairs.
• All relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion to state affairs.
• Senate Bill 308 by Eckhart et al. relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion to state
• Senate Bill 359 by Eckhardt et al. relaying the coverage and provision of abortion contraceptives. and

Bills: SJR36 , SB2 , SJR6 , SJR7 , SJR8 , SJR9 , SJR10 , SJR11 , SJR12 , SJR13 , SJR14 , SJR15 , SJR16 , SJR17 , SJR18 , SJR19 , SJR20 , SJR21 , SJR22 , SJR23 , SJR24 , SJR25 , SJR26 , SJR27 , SJR28 , SJR29 , SJR30 , SJR31 , SJR32 , SJR49 , SCR1 , SCR2 , SCR3 , SCR4 , SCR5 , SCR6 , SCR8 , SCR9 , SB9 , SB41 , SB42 , SB43 , SB44 , SB45 , SB46 , SB47 , SB48 , SB49 , SB50 , SB51 , SB52 , SB53 , SB54 , SB55 , SB56 , SB57 , SB58 , SB59 , SB60 , SB61 , SB62 , SB63 , SB64 , SB65 , SB66 , SB67 , SB68 , SB69 , SB70 , SB71 , SB72 , SB73 , SB74 , SB75 , SB76 , SB77 , SB78 , SB79 , SB80 , SB81 , SB82 , SB83 , SB84 , SB85 , SB86 , SB87 , SB88 , SB89 , SB90 , SB91 , SB92 , SB93 , SB94 , SB95 , SB96 , SB97 , SB98 , SB99 , SB100 , SB101 , SB102 , SB103 , SB104 , SB105 , SB106 , SB107 , SB108 , SB109 , SB110 , SB111 , SB112 , SB113 , SB114 , SB115 , SB116 , SB117 , SB118 , SB119 , SB120 , SB121 , SB122 , SB123 , SB124 , SB125 , SB126 , SB127 , SB128 , SB129 , SB130 , SB131 , SB132 , SB133 , SB134 , 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SB696 , SB697 , SB699 , SB700 , SB1047 , SB1048

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• the following measures: HB7 by Leach, relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing
• I'm referring the prohibitions on the manufacturing and provision of abortion-inducing drugs to State

Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB17 , HB7 , HB7 , HB15 , HB15 , HB27 , HB1 , HB7 , HB15 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB17 , HB27 , HB1 , SB8 , HCR13 , SB2 , SB5 , SB10

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• Committee on Judiciary and Elections, having had under consideration HB 2411, relating to coerced abortion
• and abortion-inducing drugs, submits the following report: your committee recommends that the bill do
• Committee on Government having had under consideration HB 2060, relating to educational facilities and abortion-prohibit
• instruction cannot include instruction on sexual activities, sexual behavior, or contraceptives, abortion

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• rights, and if I know that campaign promises were made not to further restrict abortion in New Hampshire
• All of this happened when Arizona doesn't even have a bathroom law, a bathroom ban.
• All of this happened when Arizona doesn't even have a bathroom law, a bathroom ban.
• All of this happened when Arizona doesn't even have a bathroom law, a bathroom ban.
• era laws, do you think that it is fair that we can compare this situation directly to the bathroom bans

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

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• that has led to different theories of personhood that have often been a part of the discussion of abortion
• It's beautifully written by the HHS, and I'm sure we'll be updating it soon with the current abortion
• Many women have stated that they would have never gotten their abortions had they known more about their
• the sonogram bill that was brought by one of our... ...wonderful activist, and before you got an abortion
• The problem is that over half of the abortions that are done now in Texas are those chemical abortions

Bills: SB205 , SB582 , SB625 , SB1884 , SB1903 , SB2600 , SB2617 , SB2751 , SB111 , SB3061 , SB1908

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

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• That includes abortion and also conversations around deservingness and who gets to be a parent.
• Another is the state and federal laws that push abortion care, contraception, and other essential sexual
• connected to our culture and automatically these assumptions about how we feel about things like abortion
• They provided the abortion she sought, and they inserted an IUD.
• And right now I work on labor and delivery, provide prenatal care, gynecologic care, and abortion care

Summary: The hearing of the Select Committee on Latina Inequities opened with remarks framing the discussion around reproductive and maternal health disparities affecting Latina, Black, and Indigenous women in California. Members emphasized the need to connect state data with lived experience, and the committee heard historical context on coercive sterilization, language access, and the ways immigration status, poverty, and racism continue to shape reproductive health care. The first panel featured Clarissa Ramirez of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, Sophia Pedrosa of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, and Kim Robinson of Black Women for Wellness, who described reproductive justice principles, the legacy of eugenics and forced sterilization, community education efforts, promotoras, and the importance of culturally and linguistically responsive care. They also raised concerns about federal funding cuts, fear related to ICE and public charge, and the loss of education and outreach programs that support patients and families. The second part of the hearing focused on maternal health. Matt Green of the California Department of Public Health described persistent racial disparities, including Black birthing people being three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, and outlined state efforts such as the Black Infant Health Program, the Perinatal Equity Initiative, the Centering Black Mothers in California report, and a new Black birth equity action plan. Chris Esgera of the Department of Health Care Services explained the state’s birthing care pathway, postpartum care pathway, and Transforming Maternal Health model, including policy changes to support doulas, community health workers, transitional care, and postpartum coverage. He said the department is working through policy updates and payment reforms, with Medi-Cal coverage for pregnant people and 12 months postpartum remaining protected. The final panel included Dr. Nicole Economo and Dr. Kelly McHugh of ACOG, who discussed provider education, anti-racism and implicit bias training, and the need for quality improvement projects focused on closing equity gaps at individual hospitals. They highlighted tools such as the CLEAR Initiative, the Elevate Toolkit, and use of CMQCC data to track outcomes by race and ethnicity. Across the hearing, members repeatedly stressed that community-led solutions, sustained funding, better data, and accountability are needed to reduce preventable maternal deaths and improve reproductive health outcomes. No formal votes or bill actions were taken during the hearing, though several policy priorities and ongoing legislative efforts were referenced for future consideration.